Okay....time to "fess up." How many are still "TV Free" since 11/2?

[KoKo]

If you've sneaked back on...what are you watching and if you haven't please say so. I haven't except for a peek at the "Homeland Security Weather Channel" which I promptly tuned out of and the "Second" Olberman where I tuned out again and looked for DU to give me the "updates" after that. That's "my confession" otherwise I've been TV/Cable Free...

Is there anything to tune back into? Or, are there "die hards" like me who aren't there anymore even though I'm still paying my cable for watching "0."

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. The only time I am in front of the TV is when its time for :

- The West Wing
- Will and Grace
- Steve Harvey Show on TBS at 2pm and 2:30pm

I have not watched anything else since November 2 .

[RC]

5. The last time I had my TV on was

during the so called debates.

[pleiku52cab]

2. Watch only Olbermann and The Daily Show

still can't force myself to watch all the other news about the election and the administration - knowing in my heart its all based on FRAUD

[mike_c]

3. been TV free for over a decade....

Does that count?

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. I've been TV-free since about 1999 or so.

Still don't really miss it.

[Habibi]

6. Well, I haven't watched TV since Buffy went off the air

the only reason I turn it on now is to watch dvds.

What do I need TV for? I have the internets!

[Sanity Claws]

7. no news

I won't watch the news but there are a couple of entertainment shows I still watch. One is a real guilty pleasure -- America's Next Top Model. I catch The Apprentice about half the time.

[stevedeshazer]

8. No cable

Starve the beast.

My antenna brings what little TV I choose to watch. :)

[Menshevik]

9. no TV for meeee

Because I'm too cheap to buy one ;)

[mandyky]

10. I never took a pledge by I have cut way back

I watch CSpan's WJ, an hour of CNN (mostly because my hubby watches the news before he goes off to work at 11 AM), and then I watch entertainment TV at night. My son watches cartoons and discovery kids, etc. I can't watch news if the idiot cowboy comes on, although I do try occassionally, and I last like 3 minutes, and then surf channels until I find something or shut down the TV.

I wish Al Gore would get his channel going - we need a news channel ungettered by corporate interests!

[Philostopher]

11. We haven't watched much on TV but

Comedy Central, VH-1 Classic and The Cartoon Network for at least four years.

I haven't watched network or cable news since about 1997 -- I get my news online or from our local daily (which isn't too bad, all things considered). And I don't even read the newspaper every day -- just when I'm feeling 'up to it.'

We've only watched Daily Show a few times since 11/2. Even that still feels like picking a scab, most nights.

No networks, no news shows and nothing but second-tier cable, for the most part.

Oh, and the Mr. watches 'his' football team play. I don't watch any sports, except the occasional baseball game.

[sweetheart]

12. No antenna, no cable, no television

When i stay at a hotel, i surf around for fun, but thats about it.

Granted, i still read the "funny times" and "the economist" and
"the financial times" and "the guardian".... but they require my
direct proactive participation to seek out and read news... none of
this "passive receptor" stuff where i sit back and allow some
asshole to program my thoughts from a TV news control room.

[serryjw]

13. Never said I'd be TV free

Won't miss West Wing or Apprentice..and my Friday Night line up on PBS

[fishnfla]

14. Since March of '03

some sports (football, world series), the weather channel before a fishing trip

thats it

[pa28]

15. No news.

I can't stand to watch gloating. Everything I've seen has been strictly apolitical.

[haydukelives]

16. Still T. V. free

pretty much since the war started. Now I use my cable for the computer.

[Carolina]

17. victim television,

also known as Lifetime, so I can wallow. No actually, I only watch its reruns of The Golden Girls during (and more importantly instead of) the news at 6 and 11. My late mother loved that program and it's a little bit of escape that makes me feel near her again. Even though I'm over 50 with my own grown child, I could still use a little mothering especially after this election.

[drthais]

18. very nearly TV free...............

do not have the heart nor the stomach for it anymore
ESPECIALLY with the xmas season
and everycompany and their brother trying to sell me something

C-SPAN very early in the morning
umm....Extreme House Makeovers
because they do wonderful things for people in need

absolutely NO tv news of any kind

and to think
before the election
I was positively ADDICTED to all tv news!

'net only
DU
Common Dreams
BuzzFlash

thats about it

[sangh0]

19. I have to tip my hat to all of you

I've been cable free for about 7 years now, but I have a TV. Though I watch it infrequently, it does get some usage.

[Thoth]

20. Not EVER for the news, only Jon Stewart and the Weather Channel n/t

[Kitka]

21. I have been corporate news free for years. But I won't starve my sense of

humor :) I still watch the Daily Show, and a couple other shows on Comedy Central. That's about it. Oh, and I watch Free Speech TV and LINK. Great progressive and international channels.

[BOOGEX]

22. It's been about 14 months for me

I haven't watched TV for about 14 months now. I've seen it on in various places, but never sat through a complete program. I do watch movies on DVD though, does that count? I find the Internet much more entertaining and informative, which has helped to keep me off the TV.

[HamiltonHabs32]

24. TV free for over a year!!

well mostly.... I lived in Banff Alb. and I couldnt afford a tv let alone cable. But I always dished out the cash for my intraweb. however im back in Onterrible (ontario for you yanks) and my parents have Cable so I take some time to watch "Making the Cut" which is a reality show that has the top amateur hockey players competing for 6 spots in NHL training camps. (yeah im a canuck)

My fav shows all can be downloaded of bearshare, Trailer Park boys, simpsons, southpark and family guy.

Plus the Daily show features all of its clips online.... here are a couple key examples

http://metronewsnet.homelinux.com:81/boards/showthread.php?threadid=299">Clicky goodness


/newb question....can sigs be viewed by those with stars beside their name?

[outraged2]

23. over a year

.... every now and then I watch British comedies on PBS on sundays but that is pretty much it.

[jhain]

25. count me in or out...

none here ( altho, I really do need to see Rudolph, TRNR, of course)
and I was a CNN junkie virtually 24/7 once upon a time.

Watched a few Olbermanns... that's about it.
oh, and some sad, disgusting stories regarding the oil spill on the Delaware ( not far from me) which was reported as 30,000 gals the first day an the "news" grows every day -up to 'as many as 473,000 gals possible' now. With NO idea how the freaking tanker came to have a hole punched in its side, of course. Puh.

Thank you all for LBN here on DU.

[BernieBear]

26. Haven't watched Hardball since the election!!!! n/t

[HarrietBrown]

27. Watched West Wing last night--first TV since the 2nd. Tried to

watch Daily Show today--but nothing about it made me laugh. I saw Dame Edna in NYC on the 5th with friend from TX--it was her opening night, and the Bush jokes produced a weird feeling in the theater--it was too soon after the election for jokes. I still feel like it's too soon for a lot of things. I sure don't have the stomach for the news yet.

[proud patriot]

28. I still haven't watched T.V. News

Spongebob , Simpsons , and Futurama .

I caught Rudolf the rednose reindeer last night .

[marlakay]

29. Watched just a few times, got depressed turned off again

you might as well stay off. I am down to Lifetime channel and a few shows I like. But NO news almost at all. I even stopped watching the daily show news finally because I could tell Jon is as depressed as we are, he just isn't as funny and its still the news and thats depressing no matter how they try to fix it up.

There are lots of nice christmas shows on now that make you feel good and I am watching those. Not shopping very much this year, not in the mood. Donated $120 to help WA governor yesterday. Feel better about my money that way.

[jzodda]

30. Watching a little here and there

News every once in a blue moon. I watched Tom Brokow's farewell last night for instance. I havent watched any cable news though at all even once since the election. Since I dont watch the regular news I guess that means I have been news free lol

I watch cable movies though and some history channel/discovery channel type stuff. I also like a show called enterprise, though now that its on Fridays I seem to be missing that too.

[seabeyond]

31. still turned off...............

actually today i turned it on to see if i wanted to watch, some serial killer, turned back off. just dont want to watch all the pigs all around

[frank frankly]

32. me!

i hate the television because it hates me.

kill the thing before it kills you!

[yurbud]

33. No TV news since shortly after 9/11

The 2000 election seemed odd, and by 9/11, what they were saying was just too far from reality. Now I get all my news online, starting at Buzzflash, then dipping into the Guardian, BBC, and Al Jazeera.

[Ladyhawk]

34. No TV at all, still.

I can't get DISH at my new place and cable is too expensive. That's all there is to it.

[janx]

35. I watched CSPAN once. That was it.

I just can't do it anymore.

[CitySky]

36. TV-free most of my adult life

... except for periods where I've lived with other people who have TVs on.

Of course, when the Red Sox were in the playoffs and then went on to win the World Series, being TV-freet meant I made a lot of new friends at the sports bars. :D

[Nigel_Tufnel]

38. you, too?

i gave it up when i was a teenager in the seventies. i realized that if i liked it, it would be cancelled immediately.

i do like to watch videos, though.

[bling bling]

37. Still not watching news.

Southpark, Daily Show, and Football. That's it. I keep meaning to watch Keith Olberman on purpose out of support but I never think about it til his show is over.

[cry baby]

39. Not me...I want to know the "face of my enemy" n/t

[cheezus]

40. Daily Show and Star Trek repeats

and I have TiVo, so no commercials

[KoKo]

41. Only 37 of you....kicking to see if there's more out there...(n't)

[found object]

42. Only watch when I need to catch some ZZZ's

The "Shnooze Hour w/Jim Lehre" works well for me.

[donheld]

43. I only watch

Bonanza, Star Trek:The Next Generation, Democracy Now!, and Now with Bill Moyers.

[superconnected]

44. I'm tv free meaning I havent viewed it once since 11/2

But also I never watch tv. I did for the elections for a few minutes but mostly watched the internet.

I've spent a decade wondering why I have cable. I think it's so when 9/11's and things like that happen, I can turn it on.

[bhikkhu]

45. TV Free since 2/2002

And not missing it one bit.

[RobinA]

46. TV-News Free

for at least 15 years. Including 9/11, since I was on vacation and figured I could catch up when I got home.

[Queen Jane]

47. I watched The Simpsons and Arrested Development a couple...

of weeks ago...nothing other than that.

[GreenPoet64]

48. No TV None . . .

Won't support Bush TV.

[lumberjack_jeff]

49. "TV Free" since September.

Moved way out in the country. We love it.

[wickerwoman]

50. I guess I am.

It's not really conscious. It's just there's nothing on I want to watch. I only watch DVDs (and not as many of them as I used to.)

[cboy4]

51. I watch a lot of news and don't feel guilty.

There are other channels besides FOX, and
I consider myself intelligent enough to see
through any of the bullshit that is presented.

[billie_]

52. NOT TV free enough, but MUCH LESS & more food network & HGTV n/t

[belle]

53. Dumped my cable just today.

i still get local news and basic channels, though I doubt I'll be using it for much. still, the weather reports are useful.

[Withywindle]

54. Well...

I admit I am kind of hooked on "Lost" and "Survivor." No news, except sometimes BBC World on the local PBS channel. If the boyfriend's watching the local, I'll walk into the room for the weather forecast and then walk back out again. Cold turkey on the network crap. Don't miss it a bit.

We are thinking about finally getting cable, though, if only for "The Daily Show." :)