Calling all Couch Potatoes aka TV Addicts!

Rhonda SG

If you clicked on this thread, it probably means that you ARE a couch potato! Laughing

'Fess up if you :

- spend more than five hours a week watching TV;

- cancel social events just to rush home to watch TV;

- know your remote control buttons by heart and can operate it blind-folded;

- find that your favourite spot on the couch has the shape of your butt imprinted on it permanently Laughing ;

AND / OR

- you cannot imagine life without a TV (and that's why you never go camping or rough it out outdoors! )

As your Cult Leader, I am guilty of ALL of the above! Mr. Green And I make no apologies about it!

Since getting Foxtel here (cable in Melbourne), it's been like a whole new world for me! Laughing Documentaries galore, news around the clock, music channels, etc etc.

So let's talk about our love affairs with the TV. Which are your favourite TV channels? What do you like to watch?

I'll start the ball rolling. Wink

I LOVE Animal Planet, Discovery Travel and Living, Food (but of course! Laughing ), CNN, E!, Weather, CI and National Geographic.

Current favourite shows :

Hell's Kitchen
World Cafe : Asia
Anthony Bourdain's shows
Masterchef
CNN's news
BBC's news
Weather channel (I check the interactive section for weather forecasts everyday! Even check Singapore's weather daily! Very Happy )
Flight Attendant School
Janice Dickinson Models
Trace Evidence
Cops
Miami Animal Police
The Extractors
Untold Stories of the ER
etc etc

So, share your addiction with us here! Twisted Evil

kenn3th SG

home makeover extreme edition
Kyle xy season 1, and the season 2

<Precious> SG

I do all that TS mentions but not for the TV but for my computer games.......
Mediacorp programming sucks. Evil or Very Mad

Max Online only slightly better not not by much so, I'm no couch potato for TV programmes..... though some serials can get me somewhat addicted, computer gaming is still the top draw for me! Wink

mistyblue SG

I remember my days by the TV shows.

People would ask me what day is today or tomorrow and I can only name the TV show. I cannot remember the day anymore.

stellazio SG

5 hours of tv a week hardly qualifies one to be a couch potato, considering that a movie is at least 2 hours long and most shows are already 1 hour. Laughing

littlestream SG

Laughing

hee hee.........rhonda.........love your definitions/criteria.

well, i mostly watch series and on DVDs so i can fast forward. Embarassed

jetta SG

Guilty as charged. Crying or Very sad My list is too long to name. Embarassed But I'll say this, whatever did I do before DVR? For an extra $10 a month, I can record 2 programmes at a time, rewind live TV, programme it to record my fave shows anytime... kinda like TIVO, just cheaper.

ShrodingersCat SG

i don't know what sort of addict I am...

thing is, i don't watch much TV
usually short concentration span

but the moment I start watching.. i can't concentrate on anything else
will just be completely absorbed unless advert
can't hear when people talk
can't pick up phone
just.. become...... zombified :O

what sort of couch potato am i?

jetta SG

A selective one? Laughing

av98m SG

I'm not even going to try to type a list of the shows I watch. Will take too long Laughing

But Rhonda, you MUST watch Dexter!!!

laurence82 SG

i am not watching much TV these days

After work, got after work activities

like going out with friends, pilates, facials Embarassed , etc etc

Rhonda SG

I am seriously considering getting that for myself! Razz Embarassed But at A$14.95 a month, and a 24-mth contract for it, it's an expense I can kinda do without because it shall be pure indulgence. Razz Although...

... now that I seem to be planning my life around TV programs, it might be a worthwhile solution. Instead of burying my head in the sand, pretending the problem doesn't exist, grab the bulls by its horn and address the issue squarely in the face... by subscribing to it! Laughing Twisted Evil

Rhonda SG

Shocked Omigosh! Regular facials? Shocked Machiam like gu1 niang4! Laughing Ze evil banana! What's becoming of you?! Your face is gonna get as smooth as a baby's butt soon! Even a mosquito won't be able to get a grip on your slippery-smooth face!

Twisted Evil

LOTUSfairy SG

I love to watch Travel and Documentary shows..

if kana the Exotic Travel shows, my body is in my room, my soul has flown away (the places that is showing)..

Rhonda SG

Orh... so, how should we raise the criteria then? Laughing

av98m SG

Twisted Evil

Hir0shi SG

I watch almost all Taiwan varieties shows and Japanese dramas.