We really watch very little TV "live" any more — election returns, breaking news (though that's as like now online as on the TV). Pretty much everything is via the DVR, or on disc, or (this is more +Kay Hill's thing) streaming through Xfinity's On Demand service.
Really, the only thing that militates for watching TV shows as they happen is not having to worry about being spoiled by commentary by others in social media. Well, that and disk space on the DVR.
Originally shared by +Les Jenkins:
For the most part, nope. Not for anything we watch regularly at least.
Do You Still Watch TV Shows When They Air?
This morning, we woke up to a post-Saturday-Morning-Cartoons America. That got plenty of us talking about our former TV watching routines, and that made me wonder: In an era of on-demand, mobile, streaming content, do you still watch TV shows when they air?
If I am able to catch a show live, I tune in a third of the way through it. Need I explain why?
I watched the Doctor Who 50th live (which required co-opting a friend's TV, since we're cord-cutters). Haven't felt the need for anything else. Even something like election returns, I'd rather follow online.