Do you keep TV on for long periods?

I’m a radio listener during the day although I do record radio programmes and listen through the TV.

Our TV is on most of the day, often on my own during the week, I dip in and out and use it as company, often though I’ll turn it off and out on some music or the radio I like the background noise ! My mum was always appalled ! TV in their house put on at 6pm for the news then only in for selected programmes

I never watch TV. The news is pure propaganda. Hubby is hard of hearing and loves channel hopping. I prefer to spend time on the computer, lots of newsletters to read, play mahjong and solitaire, chat to family and friends in South Africa. I also enjoy documentary films.

My DH puts the TV on first thing in the morning. He likes to watch the news , I wouldn't mind so much if when he had watched what he wanted he would turn it off or at least down! Instead he disappears to do a job - lawn cutting etc . and leaves the TV on!! Drives me mad 😡 akin to noise pollution!!! I enjoy quiet time. I turn it off and within an hour it's on again , always too loud as he is hard of hearing . Was finally persuaded to use a hearing aid - never uses them because of course he does not have a hearing loss !!!! Fortunately we have other rooms I can escape to a d have a peaceful read.

We have it on for two hours each evening to watch programmes we have recorded. It would drive me mad if someone put it on all day . I do not even listen to the radio now . Alexa reads me a kindle book for about an hour before I go to bed and about tea time I ask her to read the news headlines . This covers UK news , local news and world news. If I am in the kitchen for a long time like ironing I play one of my classic music playlists from Amazon . We spen most of our down time reading .

On for the news in the morning, then radio. Nothing would get done in the house if it was on!.

eddiecat78

My father refused to watch tele before the 6pm as a matter of principle - which exasperated me when he was constantly complaining of being bored in his carehome and I knew there were history programmes on in the afternoon that he would have enjoyed

I don't understand people making principles out of (to me) pointless things, such as getting dressed first thing and not watching TV before a self-imposed time. My mum is a bit that way - she won't stay up to watch something she'd enjoy as she 'has to get up' in the morning, even though she has no appointments and lives alone. Each to their own, obviously, but as I see it there are enough obligations in life without making our own.

I don't have the TV on unless I'm watching it, but will sometimes flick through and look for something to watch, which I didn't do before I retired - when I was working I only put it on if I knew I wanted to watch something. I have more time now, so if I'm doing nothing I will seek out a film or series to watch.

I enjoy a series binge, too, and will happily sit and watch several episodes back to back if I feel like it. That's so much easier now that there are so many channels available. I'm currently watching Daisy Jones and the Six (Amazon) and enjoying it. I follow Coronation Street, but don't watch a lot of live TV otherwise - I mainly watch catch-up or stream things as I fancy seeing them. I also much prefer to see a whole series in one go, and feel irritated when channels don't put all the episodes on their players at the start .

It would go off if visitors arrived, but very few people 'drop in', so that's not really an issue.

biglouis

I dont have a TV in the bedroom and dont keep a phone in their either. Bedrooms are for sleeping. However I do have a radio (which sends me to sleep) and will take a mobile only if/when expecting an important call.

This 100%. No TV, radio, or any disturbing artificial lights - dark and cool, with windows open.

I much prefer to have Boom Radio playing as background noise during the day- wonderful music from my Yoof! Don't tend to watch TV until around 8pm and then I cherry-pick from all the available programmes on mainsteam TV, Netflix, Prime, Freeview. DH watches much more TV than me during the day, but then I'm busy doing other things that interest me more than him, like sewing, gardening, reading etc.

If someone came in and stole mine I probably wouldn't notice.

My television doesn’t go on much, I will be watching Strictly, and I sometimes watch a police drama, but I can’t stand it as background noise.
My husband on the other hand, turns his on the minute he gets in from work, and it stays on till he goes to bed, whether he’s watching it or not.
One reason downsizing would be difficult.

We very rarely have it on during the day and don’t watch much ordinary TV now. Iplayer and Netflix in the evening, or just read.

Shinamae

I watch far too much TV…. (And make no apology for it.) 😜🤓😁

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I’d like to watch more but with work, childcare, housework to be done I don’t get to see much.
DP puts it on the moment he gets in from work.

We tend to just have it on for particular programmes .If DH has sport on I’ll go off and do something elsewhere.
I couldn’t bear to have it on in the background all day. Same with the radio. I like to hear myself think.

Ours is on all day. DH is a sports fan, so it seems there is always a baseball game somewhere (or hockey, football, golf, etc.) He potters about the house all day and most of the time I will walk into the room with a sports game on and DH nowhere to be found. He even has a TV in his garden shed that is always on!

I will turn it to the radio channel, so the music goes through the TV speakers.

No, it’s never on all day for the sake of it. Put it on when there’s something we want to watch, otherwise it stays switched off. Electricity costs enough as it is.

We usually watch the news at lunchtime and then late afternoon followed by mid evening. In the winter it is sometimes on a bit more

My father refused to watch tele before the 6pm as a matter of principle - which exasperated me when he was constantly complaining of being bored in his carehome and I knew there were history programmes on in the afternoon that he would have enjoyed

I dont have a TV in the bedroom and dont keep a phone in their either. Bedrooms are for sleeping. However I do have a radio (which sends me to sleep) and will take a mobile only if/when expecting an important call.

I have the radio on during the day then the TV late afternoon and evening. Of course if we have guests the TV is switched off. When I was young I was only allowed to switch on the TV for specific programmes. There were some good radio shows on in those days as well.

Listen to the radio all day and only out the tv on fir the 6 pm news and then choose what to watch. Switch off after late news. Bed. And repeat 🔁…..

No TV on all day over here. Too busy doing stuff.Except we watch Netflix in the evening thats all

I am more or less housebound so I have TV on a lot. If there’s nothing better, I watch BBC news. I like documentaries and factual programmes, not interested in soap operas. I love good comedy when there is any.

It’s on when I m in the house mostly mid afternoon onwards

My TV is on all day - it’s company, more than anything else 😫