To be fair, I think 'binging' on TV shows started the minute videos became a thing. It wasn't as instant as it is now, but people were marathoning TV box sets f

To be fair, I think 'binging' on TV shows started the minute videos became a thing. It wasn't as instant as it is now, but people were marathoning TV box sets from the very first time they were introduced. And it wasn't exactly exclusive to that either. Oh sure, TV often had a mix of shows which stopped you watching the same thing all day long, but: 1. There were still many, many people who watched TV nearly non stop, as their main form of entertainment every day. 2. Many TV shows ran marathons of a particular series for hours/days/weeks at various points of years.