I posed the question in the opening post:

< …do the good people of OLO find themselves watching less television and spending more time online these days? Or is TV as popular as ever? >

It is pretty clear that it is as popular as ever and that the amazing diversity of stuff online hasn’t usurped or diminished television at all.

But logically it must have. I mean, lots of people, like me, are be spending much of the time they used to spend watching TV online these days. So it doesn’t really compute.

Can anyone proffer an explanation?

ludwig.. there used to be statistics..that the average person watches 2 hours tv per day
[that was clearly wrong]i know at that time..i was watching tv at least 8 to 10 hours..a day

but i wouldnt tell that..to anyone..neither

people lie/distort/missdirect/but its those
who want to know..to know that

its funny i hear of shows...not doing it for people today
[and i too cant stand...so many of them absurd concepts
[i do note none of the better ones have dissappeared;/from free too air]

i miss northern exposure..and touched by anm angel
the wandering monk..and the wandering asian..[the stuf of spirit..has been gutted out of our vieuwing..'free' to air

cath/kim..is still funny
still being made..but im not seeing it anymore
but im so over the stuff still on air
mash..bewitched/gillies isl/happy daze..

the list of shows 'dead to me'..is endless
i detest cop shows murder sports and info taintment

anyhow..the truth is people dont really watch tv
its designed to put you into a hypnotic daze..thus the loud commercials to wake us up..enough till the show puts us back..to sleep

what is tv really?
a noise maker..so you dont have to listen to the wife and kids arguing which new star shines the brightest[today]

Ludwig,

Your preferred The Munsters over The Adams Family - me too!

I have to say also that I enjoy a good Agatha Christie - and particularly enjoy David Suchet playing moi. He was born for the part.

Regarding birds, of which I'm not particularly knowledgeable - I'm regularly visited by a beautiful pair of Red Capped parrots (South West WA)

I must be bad, Ludwig, this afternoon I will do both.

My computer is in the family room, & by leaning back a little, & looking a bit to the right, I can see the TV in the lounge room, from the desk.

This afternoon I will be "watching" the V8 Super car race, while at the computer. It is a technique I developed since I found sport no longer as absorbing as it used to be.

The modern replay allows me to ignore it most of the time, but after a roar from the spectators, or a raised level of excitement from the commentators, I can look up, & watch the inevitable 3 or 4 replays. This way I don't have to sit watching all the boring stuff, but still see the good bits.

This layout only happened by accident, but I'd never change it now. How many people are lucky enough to be getting square eyes from two screens at once?

Poirot
Ditto David Suchet as Poirot. Bon.

Miss Marple is kinda quaint too. The English do a good period piece too, having enjoyed Downton Abbey recently and the odd Jane Austen remake.

I never did get into Poirot, Poirot!

That character looked like a dill to me with that ridiculous moustache!!

But hey, each to his/her own.

Red-capped parrots; very nice. Only found in southwest WA. I’ve got lots of records from around Perth, the jarrah forest and across to Esperance.

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Haz:

<< This way I don't have to sit watching all the boring stuff, but still see the good bits. >>

Haaahahaha. I couldn’t imagine a thing in the world more boring than the V8 supercars…’cept perhaps when they have a dirty great pile-up!!

Sounds like you’ve got a good setup there. ( :>)