How much time do you spend watching the TV?
By chingbeem
@chingbeem (910)
Philippines
October 6, 2008 9:23am CST
We turn on our TV at 5:30am for the morning news. We bring our daughter to school but we have a TV in the car. As soon as we get back home, the TV in the room will be turned on again. As I go around the house, the Tv is on,either on HBO,Lifestyle,AXN,CNN,NatGeo,Discovery or the local channels. I work at 4pm.Mean while,as long as my husband is in the car, his TV is on. When the kids arrive, they turn on the TV in the living room.
We are I think TV addicts now.LOL
How about you?
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39 responses
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
LOL-we only have one PC unit at home so while somebody is busy chatting, the 3 others are on TV. Since I am the one in the computer now, the kids are with the TV.LOL...
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@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
Oh,my 17 year old daughter has her laptop,but doesnt use it much. She brings it to school sometimes but doesnt spend much time with it.
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@kylie_quistis (1220)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
hmm, we rarely watched nowadays actually, we only turn the TV on when we are watching news, interesting movies in the cable channels like HBO, star movies and cinemax, or if there are programs that we would like to watch and kinda anticipating it. But other than that, we didn't watch TV that often. Most often than not, me, my siblings or father are in front of our computer while my mother is reading some books. 
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@kylie_quistis (1220)
• Philippines
7 Oct 08
Yeah, I agree, nowadays movie channels like HBO keep repeating their movie programs that it was quite tiring and boring to watch, that's one of the reasons on why we rarely watched TV these days. My mother was onto romance novels, she sometimes read some classic as well like Jane Austen's works but she like romance novels more.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
Yeah-I agree with the word "anticipating" you used...HBO,star movies and cinemax repeat and repeat movies. Im glad sky cable provides movie sked.
What does your mom read? I am now reading books by Paulo Coehlo and I am rereading Ernest Hemmingway's works.tnx for sharing.
@brownsuga4life (29)
• Saint Lucia
7 Oct 08
I used to watch alot of tv but had to sell it because I was broke. Now I have a PC so I'm always on the internet.
Njoy your tv life
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@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
life can be like that sometimes.I'm glad you have the pc now,hope you can get a new tv,though the pc is enough...enjoy your pc life.tnx for sharing
@mlh8087 (368)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I guess your family is the epitomy of the tv addict. I'm not near that bad.
I leave the tv off in the mornings while I do my surveys.
I will turn it on in time to watch Ellen. I set my shows to record while I'm at work.
I will watch those shows when I get home. Usually I'm watching those shows when I go
to sleep. My husband ends up turning off the tv. That's my tv viewing pleasure.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
hehe,your husband has a nice duty,turning your tv off,while its the opposite of mine. tnx for sharing.enjoy your shows...
@kaguvkov (1305)
• Davao, Philippines
7 Oct 08
I am not used in watching tv at home. I am more into internet and mostly I spend my time here in mylot and any other paid forums. I also maintain my blog everyday and I used to update it also daily. If ever I had a chance to watch tv it would be very seldom and it takes only a few minutes.
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@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
internet addict...hehe.same as us,tv addict.but with tv,we can go around.with the computer,must stay put. I cant do what you do.my BP will rise up sitting all day. tnx for sharing.wish I have the time like yours to internet.
@arpitaman (170)
• India
6 Oct 08
Wow honey ur kids and u guys are watching tv way way too much
Seems like apart from regular jobs u guys dont do anything except watching tv LOL
Any ways in my house usually we don watch tv in the morning because we prefer to red newspaper in the morning.
On my way to office i drive my kids to thier school and in the mean time we prefer snging some of our faviorate songs along side radio.
After school and office our family usually goes to park or evening walk or we swim in our pool or u know outside cooking,
Usuallly we watch tv 1-2 hours max after havig dinner
So its not that we are addicted it s mean matter of hw much u ca control urself and kids and involve them in some family stuff.
IT WILL BRING U LOT CLLosEr GUYS TO EACH OTHER
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@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
tnx arp...oh we are very close. ours is a very close knit family. We talk a lot,with still the tv on. we travel a lot, with still the tv on.LOL, maybe,we just got used to it. We read the papers too. 3 kinds of them,with the tv on. LOL. I read a lot of books. with the tv on.
I teach children with reading difficulties. I do intervention so it will not lead to reading and learning disabilities. I teach after the kids are done in school. So I start around 4pm. I have 2 masters degree,when I study,I study with the tv on.LOL...no prob-I still get an A.LOL
My husband has to travel a lot because of his work. By land or by plane. So we get to travel a lot too. When he is home, he is in bed by 8pm, with the tv on.LOL.
My son is 16 and 6'2" tall. He is very active in school and I am very visible in his school. He is with the Pualinian nuns. My 17 year old daughter is in her 1st year in college taking up pre-school ed. She is with the Jesuit priests. My children were never left alone on their own at home. Even at their age now, if I am not around,my husband should be with them and the other way around. The 2 kids still sleep in our room. they have their own rooms with their own tv's,but they bring their matresses to our room every night. We talk,study and laugh with the tv on.LOL. The maid brings back the matresses back every morning to their rooms.the maid has her own tv too.LOL
Happy watching.
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@arpitaman (170)
• India
16 Oct 08
i dont know dont u guys get distracted and obsessed with so much tv
ha
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
6 Oct 08
Wow, that's alot of tv watching. We don't turn the tv on until about 8am and it is usually on Nick for the kids to watch. I run a daycare, so the tv is on the majority of the day, but the kids aren't watching it, they just sing along to the songs and if I turn it off they notice immediately.
In the evening, the tv usually goes on around 7 and off at 11. We watch it on and off while doing things around the house. I think that most of the time it is on for the noise. From 9-11 I do watch it.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
hi shine, I teach little kids too. Its fun right? TV is not allowedin my classroom though, so thats when I get a break from the tube.tnx for sharing.
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@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
20 Oct 08
My husband and I do love to watch TV. If I'm home and not working, the TV is usually on. I turn on the tv in the mornings when I am getting ready for work so I can hear the news and see Good Morning America. In the evenings, we have the TV on from at least 5 or so until 11 p.m. On the weekends, we turn it on on Saturday afternoon and it's on until 11 p.m., unless we leave. Sunday, it's on from about 9 a.m. on, unless we leave.
Wow, guess we are tv junkies also. But then, I always knew that.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
20 Oct 08
Tnx for sharing pearl,I can see my husband and me in your response. We are basically the same on how we go about. TV junkies maybe, but we go about our activites as the TV is on,at least we are not couch potatoes...LOL.Have a great TV day.
@mentalward (14691)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I don't watch much TV at all these days. I have too many other interests or things to do and watching television would just slow me down, unless I'm knitting or something like that. Then, I'm not so much WATCHING TV as LISTENING to it.
There really isn't that much on TV that I'm very interested in. But, when my husband is home, the TV is ALWAYS on! He can't function without it being on, even if he's not watching it! He thinks he needs it on to get to sleep at night, then it ends up waking ME up while he's sawing wood! Grrrr! I don't get it.
Maybe he needs the noise. I prefer quiet, myself. I love listening to nature or listening to nothing at all. Maybe it's because my entire life has been so hectic that I like the quiet.
@mentalward (14691)
• United States
12 Oct 08
Knitting is SO relaxing! I've been knitting since I was around 16 years old. A neighbor taught me how. I kind of do it a little bit backwards, though, because I'm left-handed and the neighbor who taught me was right-handed. I just hold the loose yarn in the wrong hand, but it works for me! LOL
If you can find someone who knits, that's the best way to learn... from someone else. If not, there are lots of websites that teach you how to knit, if you really want to learn. Just type in 'learn to knit' in your search box.
It's great fun. Very rewarding and relaxing. When I have the time, I knit newborn baby caps for hospitals. I especially like knitting caps for the preemies. One year, I knitted everyone a sweater for Christmas. They loved them! I highly recommend learning how to do it. Good luck!
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
You are very right! the husbands have to let tv's stay on no matter what they are doing. Very funny, my hubby falls asleep watching tv.I turn it off,he wakes up and turn it on again.LOLtnx for sharing.
@Haylie2610 (582)
• Dominican Republic
7 Oct 08
In the house, we have one tv in each bedroom but I dont turn mine on until I get back from school... If I dont get in the computer, I could spend from the time I eat lunch to the time I go to sleep... that's a LOT of tv, but I still do my homework though!
Happy MyLotting and have a nice day!
Xp
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
7 Oct 08
Im very glad that the kids like to stay with us in our room. This way,only one airconditioner and 1 TV will be used. But sometimes my son likes to watch sports,my daughter likes disney channel,my huband likes news so the 2 kids will have to transfer to their own rooms. In a little while,they'll be back in our room and fight for the channel again.LOL tnx for sharing hay.
@Haylie2610 (582)
• Dominican Republic
8 Oct 08
Its always nice to see families gather around the tv...
Thanks to you.!
Xp
@snpyvin (1518)
• Malaysia
7 Oct 08
I would spend alot of time watching tv if its my favorite show.Most of the time i like to watch those variety show, movies and Discovery channel. If i am free i would be watching tv whole day. I was tv addict when i was young till my dad has to pluck of the wires of tv to stop us watching tv in fact we wasn't that addict nowadays.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
LOL-I guess thats what parents do, remove the plugs.LOL
It just dont apply to my family cause my husband starts the tv on,my kids must be very glad...hehehe.tnx for sharing
@dieorfly (763)
• Slovak Republic
12 Oct 08
I turn on the TV in the morning during the breakfast. Then during the week I do not have much time to watch TV. But when I return home I usually turn on the TV and mostly get annoyed because there is mostly nothing interesting there, despite of that I continue switching TV channels. Then I give up and go to bad.:) During the weekend I usually watch quite lot when I have nothing else to do. But I do not prefer TV before my social life. I would never stay home to watch anything in the TV if there is a party or a meeting with my friends.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
friends are definitely more fun to be with than tv.tnx for sharing.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
maybe it got tired.LOL
we had so many tv's that retired too.tnx for sharing.happy watching dvd"s
@dustinnikki (301)
• United States
8 Oct 08
I just have one TV in my house except for my daughter's TV. My TV is one from the time I get up til I go to bed. I watch my daytime soaps but a lot of the time it's on more for background noise. I do have shows that I do not miss no matter what! If I have to miss a show, I will record it.
I have to watch Chuck, House, NCIS, The Mentalist, Heros, and American Idol when it comes back on. I always watch my soaps which I have no idea why since they make me mad and really are kind of stupid. But hey, what can you do?
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
My kids are very fond of chuck...he is a very funny person with a very incredible fate.Dr house is one of my dauthers favorite show. She fights with her brother is house is showing.He is a doctor with a character.tnx for sharing
@trixyteddy (1070)
• India
7 Oct 08
Its on and off all the time. I wake up at 5am, finish a lot of work, then switch on at 6.30am for about half an hour for a religious programe (Jesus Calls Ministry). Then again I finish up the rest of the work. For the rest of the mornings, its goes on and off at intervals, depending on the programme. Its on the complete noon, as it helps us to nap. Then again late evening.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
You are blessed. You give time to praise God.tnx for sharing.
@Gwapako_28 (2140)
• Philippines
7 Oct 08
I worked like 8 hours a day. When i am home, that is the time i spend on t.v... First, the TV patrol world,then the DYOSA and Betty La fea Teleserye. I spend i guess like 4 hours and more on television.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
I never took keen on watching soaps,but guess what,my husband does,so the whole family gets infected.we watched til Betty la fea only though.tnx for sharing.
@robert19ph (4577)
• Philippines
8 Oct 08
[i]Hello chingbeem,
Congratulations! for being such a TV addicts. I watched TV but not for very long, maybe 2 hours average. I just checked the news on CNN, BBC, GMA, and Bloomberg. Watched afternoon show like Eat Bulaga and Game ka na Ba. Watched Discovery channel program, HBO or Cinemax if there is a good movies. Watched some sports game like tennis, american football, nba, and some baseball. I think that's it, butmy kids are a bit TV addicts but when I think when they grow older I hope they'll lessened watching TV and do something else aside from watching TV.
Regards.[/i] 
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
tnx for sharing rob. I like to watch boy and kris or just actually listen because I go around the house with the chores. Then,I like to sit down and answer questions in game ka na ba.then,usually my husband arrives home for lunch and we fight for wowowee and ER. I could only watch ER replays at noon time because I am working on its regular time,that would be around 6 or 7pm. my husband likes wowowee,so I always end up with wowowee.then im off to work.When my husband fetch me at 8pm,we watch betty la fea in the car. I like the show.I usually hate soaps,but I like Betty,also
Dyosa because the shows make me laugh.I hate dramas.But nothing could beat Joaquin Bordado.It was so irritating.
The kids too tend to watch only HBO,disney channel,Natgeo,discovery. Im glad really of their choices.Have a nice day.
@candysky (855)
• Malaysia
8 Oct 08
i think last time i spend more time on TV but recently not so much cause I buzy with my work and my part time job too... it is because now, i wish to earn more money so that me and my dear can buy a new house then we can stay together.... so, now i spend less time on watching TV... but i like to watch TV.... last time, i can spend my whole day for watching the TV.... no matter what i doing, i must turn the TV on... but now, need to save, so I don't that anymore.... 
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
Im sure,with your persevarance,you can get a new house. A home sweet home.tnx for sharing
@tushark1 (117)
• India
7 Oct 08
Mostly i watch TV in the morning and evening...when i wake up i aways watch news channel while taking tes...ang leave for work,,,,after that in the evening again i watch TV for just a head line on news channel then watch some comedy programms and if calculate then i daily watch TV near about 3 hrs a day.
But i make use of that by watching news and entertaining channels.
@jianguichun (13)
• China
7 Oct 08
I spend four hours on watching the TV.But it is less than yours time.Most I turn on TV when I come back at night.The TV is on CCTV-1,CCTV-6,CCTV-8 or the local chanels.The sports , news and movies is my favarite waching.
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
tnx so much for sharing.usually the tv is just on,i dont paricularly focus on the shows unless something really catches my attention
