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*frinspar* 
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 15:23 |
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Who else does this?
It started when we caught "Orange is the New Black" from Netflix. All the episodes are available at once, and I found it was enjoyable to devour some shows like that over a few nights.
Most recently we've binged on shows like "Deadwood", "Episodes", "Green Wing", "Wentworth" and "Veep".
The downside, of course, is having a series that's still running be so fresh in my head, but having to wait a long time for the next season to start and then become available to buy, rent or watch.
For those of you who do, what are some series you feel benefited from concentrated viewing sessions, as opposed to a typical weekly viewing?
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Man With Hat
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 20:22 |
I've only done this with Breaking Bad, mostly because the series was ending and they were playing all the episodes in a row. A great show but boy did I feel like I wasted my life.  |
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TeleStrat
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 20:34 |
I collect TV shows on DVD, some network and some cable. When I buy a new season of a favorite show I watch it from beginning to end over a period of two or three days. This can be difficult with network shows that have over twenty episodes per season. Generally cable shows have around twelve episodes. I'm currently following: Blue Bloods Justified Hell On Wheels Elementary Boardwalk Empire Black List Longmire and a few others.
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TeleStrat
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 20:42 |
I meant to comment on waiting a long time for a new season. When I buy a new season after months of waiting I usually put on the last disc of the previous season and watch the final episode. Especially if the season ended with a "cliff hanger".
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Posted: February 03 2015 at 20:44 |
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I do it with certain shows though it does spoil the pleasure of watching the episodes as released, but with something like Game of Thrones or Downton Abbey it was too tempting to watch whole series at once.
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Blacksword
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 07:45 |
Rarely watch TV apart from the news and the odd comedy show or film, but TV in the UK is stultifying and I can't imagine it being much better in the US. In the UK TV schedules comprise mostly government propaganda films disguised as investigative journalism, or fly on the wall docs about poor people 'scrounging' welfare, or desperately stupid people with spray tans planning weddings they can't afford. The BBC is the British Pravda or Russia Today. News is presented by softly spoken upper middle class, smug fake liberals, and the rest of the scehdule is talent shows; everything from singing to dancing dogs to baking cakes. F***ing sh*t, the lot of it. ...and that's on a good day... 
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Walton Street
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 08:06 |
although I've got hundreds of TV box sets, the only one that's ever made me 'binge watch' is Dexter. haven't found anything in the last 30 years that I've liked much. old school - I love Bewitched, Lucy (any one of them), The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke show, SCTV, and the Beverly Hillbillies i''l sort of binge watch those if I need a good laugh.
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Walton Street
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 08:08 |
 Blacksword wrote:
Rarely watch TV apart from the news and the odd comedy show or film, but TV in the UK is stultifying and I can't imagine it being much better in the US.
In the UK TV schedules comprise mostly government propaganda films disguised as investigative journalism, or fly on the wall docs about poor people 'scrounging' welfare, or desperately stupid people with spray tans planning weddings they can't afford. The BBC is the British Pravda or Russia Today. News is presented by softly spoken upper middle class, smug fake liberals, and the rest of the scehdule is talent shows; everything from singing to dancing dogs to baking cakes.
F***ing sh*t, the lot of it.
...and that's on a good day... |
Graham Norton is a great show .. I can only you-tube it here but I think he's brilliantly funny. (the guest interaction specifically - I don't much care for the 'making fun of celebrity's' bit at the beginning - I skip over that.)
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Blacksword
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 08:13 |
Walton Street wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Rarely watch TV apart from the news and the odd comedy show or film, but TV in the UK is stultifying and I can't imagine it being much better in the US.
In the UK TV schedules comprise mostly government propaganda films disguised as investigative journalism, or fly on the wall docs about poor people 'scrounging' welfare, or desperately stupid people with spray tans planning weddings they can't afford. The BBC is the British Pravda or Russia Today. News is presented by softly spoken upper middle class, smug fake liberals, and the rest of the scehdule is talent shows; everything from singing to dancing dogs to baking cakes.
F***ing sh*t, the lot of it.
...and that's on a good day... |
Graham Norton is a great show .. I can only you-tube it here but I think he's brilliantly funny. (the guest interaction specifically - I don't much care for the 'making fun of celebrity's' bit at the beginning - I skip over that.) |
The likes of Graham Norton do seem very popular outside the UK. Alan Carr too. I don't really get it to be honest, but it's good to know we still make something exportable...
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Walton Street
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 08:19 |
Norton is a breath of fresh air as far as talk shows go. they suck in the US. Even the best ones are boring and stuffy. Norton has a great formula - get them all out at once, include a comedian to keep things going if the guests get stale, plus he's a very quick wit, and knows how to help a struggling guest and make them look good. The whole thing is a very different experience from what north Americans are used to. In Canada there are many ex-pats so I grew up on British TV ... a lot I found funny then I wouldn't now but anything Python related is still gold. Same goes for the 2 Ronnies. Since then - the Inbetweeners were funny, and Little Britain...
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Blacksword
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 08:31 |
Walton Street wrote:
Norton is a breath of fresh air as far as talk shows go. they suck in the US. Even the best ones are boring and stuffy. Norton has a great formula - get them all out at once, include a comedian to keep things going if the guests get stale, plus he's a very quick wit, and knows how to help a struggling guest and make them look good. The whole thing is a very different experience from what north Americans are used to. In Canada there are many ex-pats so I grew up on British TV ... a lot I found funny then I wouldn't now but anything Python related is still gold. Same goes for the 2 Ronnies. Since then - the Inbetweeners were funny, and Little Britain... |
Love the Inbetweeners and Peep Show, but because I hardly watch TV I have to rely on friends to alert me to these shows! I mostly watch DVD's. Got a Breaking Bad box set for Christams. About to start working my way through that this week.
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TeleStrat
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 10:00 |
Anyway, as far as TV series' are concerned, one thing I don't do is watch episodes of current shows that are on this season. If it's a show I'm following I know I will be buying the complete season when it comes out on DVD so I don't want to watch one or two episodes out of order. I don't know about other countries but in the US prime time shows on the major networks (CBS, NBC and ABC) are extremely popular. The actors on top shows make an outrageous amount of money and the longer their show is on, the richer they get. I have nine seasons of Criminal Minds and season ten should come out on DVD soon. Dexter ran for eight seasons before calling it quits. I don't know how many seasons Two and a Half Men had but Big Bang Theory was renewed through 2017 which would be eleven seasons. So, network TV series' are very popular in the US.
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 10:04 |
TeleStrat wrote:
Anyway, as far as TV series' are concerned, one thing I don't do is watch episodes of current shows that areon this season. If it's a show I'm following I know I will be buying the complete season when it comes out on DVD |
I do the same .. I don't watch television - haven't since the 80's .. I hate commercials with a passion. there is one problem with binge watching I found .. and it supports the theory 'ignorance is bliss' I think if you're watching a show one night each week as it's coming out - you can be more forgiving because the last weeks episode isn't that fresh in your mind. when you watch them back to back you can see where the continuity (of mood if nothing else) is disrupted ..
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TeleStrat
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 11:08 |
Walton Street wrote:
TeleStrat wrote:
Anyway, as far as TV series' are concerned, one thing I don't do is watch episodes of current shows that areon this season. If it's a show I'm following I know I will be buying the complete season when it comes out on DVD |
I do the same .. I don't watch television - haven't since the 80's .. I hate commercials with a passion. there is one problem with binge watching I found .. and it supports the theory 'ignorance is bliss' I think if you're watching a show one night each week as it's coming out - you can be more forgiving because the last weeks episode isn't that fresh in your mind. when you watch them back to back you can see where the continuity (of mood if nothing else) is disrupted .. |
I hear what you're saying. The problem I have watching current shows on a weekly basis is missing an episode. I am not a "schedule oriented" person and would never remember that a show I wanted to watch came on Thursday evening at 10 pm. And with the number of shows I am currently following, I would be missing episodes all over the place. So it's easier for my simple mind to wait for my favorite shows to come out on DVD.
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Posted: February 04 2015 at 12:29 |
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I did it for Game of Thrones and Top Gear. Top Gear was especially interesting watching the progression of modern cars.
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*frinspar*
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Posted: June 18 2015 at 13:30 |
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Finished season 3 of Orange is the New Black last night, and it was fantastic. I like that the writers have shifted away from trying to keep Piper central to the story and showcase more of the characters, building some really good stories around them.
We'll probably start season 3 of Wentworth this weekend, and have been sprinkling in episodes of Newhart here and there, currently in the middle of season 6.
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JD
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Posted: June 18 2015 at 15:02 |
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It's practically the only way we watch series that are worth watching. It's painful waiting for them all to be done, but when we do 3-4 episodes a night throughout the weekend it moves along nicely.
Specific examples:
Justified
Ray Donovan
Masters of Sex
The Knick
Heroes
Mad Men
Orphan Black
Edited by JD - June 18 2015 at 15:03
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Posted: June 18 2015 at 15:14 |
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Justified was one we followed weekly from the start. Absolutely one of my favorite series. Hope to see Olyphant in more things.
The bad part is waiting a full year once you get through something.
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