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[Past: 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25]

As usual, I rounded all TV episodes (however viewed) up to the nearest half-hour mark and most movies to two hours total, then added in repeats. As with 2024, I watched more documentaries and "reality" shows than narrative fiction, many of them on my propped-up smartphone while doing repetitive tasks (blame the ADHD for that; I've found it actually helps). And I saw twelve movies in theaters, a high-water mark in post-pandemic times.

For posterity's sake: that adds up to 1985.5 hours of screentime (5.44 hrs/day). Anyway, on to my nineteenth year of tracking: started off as usual with a New Year's watch party with the BFF followed by a bunch of true crime for background noise while doing chorse and packing up the Christmas decorations. We'll see how it goes from here!

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2026 )

[Past: 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23]

As usual, I rounded all TV episodes (whether live or DVD) up to the nearest half-hour mark and all movies to two hours total, then added in repeats. I saw only four movies in theater during 2023; at home, I indulged in a lot of reality TV, streaming, and comfort rewatches (many of them for my 'I own it, but I haven't seen it since I started logging; should I still keep it?' project).

I also dove head-first into documentaries and Reel Rock, which probably influenced the year's total significantly - it came to 1055.5 total hours of on-screen entertainment (2.89 hrs/day), a definite jump from 2022's 940 hours (2.58 hrs/day).

Historically, since I started tracking, my average ranged between 1.62 hours/day and 2.52 hours/day until 2020, but roughly two hours/day was the sweet spot. It's fluctuated higher since, though not as dramatically as my book count; I'm not predicting this year will be any different, given it's another Olympics year!

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2024 )

Because once again I started off the year with my BFF, a Disney+ TV show, and Forged in Fire.

[Past: 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21]

As usual, I rounded all TV episodes (whether live or DVD) up to the nearest half-hour mark and all movies to two hours total, then added in repeats. I still saw only 3 movies in theater during the year, one of those at a drive-in; but at home, I indulged in a lot of reality TV, Disney+, Discovery/History Channel, and comfort rewatches. With the delayed 2020 Olympics added in, that came to a rousing total in 2021 of 945.5 total hours of on-screen entertainment (2.59 hours/day) - well up from 2020's total.

Historically, since I started tracking, my average has ranged between 1.62 hours/day and 2.52 hours/day, but roughly two hours/day has been the sweet spot. Even with my otherwise busy schedule from starting to commute again half the week, keeping up my reading, and roughly doubling my writing from the prior year, I still ended on the high side of average in "2020 Take 2". It'll be interesting to see what 2022 (Hopefully not "2020 Take 3") brings!

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2022 )

(The BFF, her husband and I may have watched a bunch of TV for New Year's again, so getting a head start on this ...)

[2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019]

If I round all TV episodes (whether live or DVD) up to the nearest half-hour mark and all movies to two hours total, then add in repeats, in 2019 I watched 756 total hours of on-screen entertainment (2.07 hours/day). Up a bit from last year, but not by much.

Historically, since I started tracking, my average has ranged between 1.62 hours a day and 2.52 hours a day, but roughly two hours per day has been pretty much a sweet spot? Exercise viewing - and regular movies out/Survivor nights with Mom - are responsible for probably half of that, and fanfic research for much of the rest, but there *are* still a few series I follow regularly Just Because. (Quelle surprise, I know.)

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2020 )

View Tracking Year Eleven, here we go!

[See 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 for past lists.]

If I round all TV episodes (whether live or DVD) up to the nearest half-hour mark and all movies to two hours total, then add in repeat viewings, in 2017 I watched 590 total hours of on-screen entertainment, an average of 1.62 hours/day.

That's a significant drop from the last couple of years' average of 704.5 hours in 2016 (1.93 hours/day) and 699 hours in 2015 (1.91 hours/day). The move, other RL distractions, less money for the theater, and less must-see-TV all contributed to the decline.

[In previous years, I watched 756.5 hours in 2014 (2.07 hours/day), 842.5 hours in 2013 (2.31 hours/day), 920 hours in 2012 (2.52 hrs/day), 785 hours in 2011, 777 in 2010, 677 in 2009, and 653 in 2008.]

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2018 )

View Tracking Year Nine! See 2009 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 for past lists.

If I round all TV episodes (whether live or DVD) up to the nearest half-hour mark and all movies to two hours total, then add in repeat viewings, in 2015 I watched 699 total hours of on-screen entertainment, an average of 1.91 hours/day.

By comparison, I watched 756.5 hours in 2014 (2.07 hours/day), 842.5 hours in 2013 (2.31 hours/day), 920 hours in 2012 (2.52 hrs/day), 785 hours in 2011, 777 in 2010, 677 in 2009, and 653 in 2008. So... I'm not spending any less time on the elliptical, but my watching outside of it is apparently going back down? That fits, I guess; I had fewer hours of must-see TV last year, and lots left on my DVR to catch up on.

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2016 )

Here we go: View Tracking Year Seven! See 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 for past lists.

If I round all TV episodes (whether live or DVD) up to the nearest half-hour mark and all movies to two hours total, then add in repeat viewings, in 2013 I watched 842.5 total hours of on-screen entertainment, an average of 2.31 hours/day.

By comparison, I watched 920 hours in 2012 (2.52 hrs/day), 785 hours in 2011 (2.15 hrs/day), 777 in 2010, 677 in 2009, and 653 in 2008. Finding a happy medium, perhaps? Or the effects of that three-week trip away? Who knows. At least a third of them were spent sweating away on the exercise machine, regardless.

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2014 )

Here we go: View Tracking Year Five! See 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 for past lists.

If I round all TV episodes (whether live or DVD) up to the nearest half-hour mark and all movies to two hours total, then add in repeat viewings, in 2011 I watched 555 hours of TV + 230 hours of movies = 785 total hours of on-screen entertainment, an average of 2.15 hours/day.

By comparison, I watched 777 in 2010, 677 in 2009, and 653 in 2008. The jump between 2009/2010 can probably be attributed to watching while exercising on the elliptical, because it stayed fairly steady between 2010/2011.

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2012 )

This'll be my third year tracking TV (DVD or live), movie, and other viewing; see 2008 and 2009.

If I average all TV episodes to one hour and all movies to two, counting repeat viewings, in 2009 I watched 467 hours of TV + 210 hours of movies = 677 hours of on-screen entertainment.

That's only 24 hours more than 2008, which is kind of weird; that's not the impression I'd got at all, considering how much time I spend watching TV while on the elliptical now. (For perspective: 677 hours works out to only 1.85 hours per day-- but it also totals 28 days and five hours, or almost a full month over the course of the year).

CURRENT CATCH-UP LIST:
• Stargate Universe 1.19 +
• Sanctuary 3.6+

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2010 )
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OK. So, I finished blitzing my brain with Eureka Season 2 this weekend. Nice of SciFi to leave half the season up on their website, no internet backflips or debit cards required. They'd better keep the habit up as Season 3 progresses, because I'm seriously addicted now, and I don't get cable.

I think Jack Carter has turned into one of my favorite TV characters, ever. He's just so darned likeable. And while the science in his super-scientist-inhabited town is often a wee bit fuzzy-- season 2 included actual alchemy and multiple references to the Akashic Field, for example-- the entire cast of characters is twenty kinds of awesome. I don't even mind the romantic triangle, and those usually drive me halfway up the wall; maybe it's because there are truly three sides to this one. The boys might profess to hate each other, but they're smirking half the time when they argue, and they're capable of dropping the rivalry and working together successfully with or without Allison when serious problems need solving. It will take something away from the show if she ever settles on either one of them.

Crossing this show with SG-1 or SGA or WarGames or The Prestige or any of a dozen other shows or movies will be as easy as pie, if I ever have the time to write in the fandom. I'm still stuck on Oz in SGA. He just won't open his mouth! I'm thinking scrap the current story and start over, at this point.
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