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do people still watch live TV? I’m only exposed it to when I stay in hotels and it seems to only be Seinfeld reruns and Shark Tank

dylan604 3y ago
There's a large population of people from a prior generation to you.
swatcoder 3y ago
It's for sports and news (which both earn many many eyes and are most satisfying when watched live), not so much for reality or scripted productions. Even if you like channel surfing among the latter, you can do that in most service-specific streaming apps now.
- well_actulily 3y ago
  At least for news, something like [PBS NewsHour](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/) is available free for cord cutters. Sports, you're mostly looking at illicit streams from dodgy sites.
ericabiz 3y ago
Sports fans watch a lot of live TV.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  Based on the couple times I have watched sports recently, I would have thought it was a series of gambling ads interspersed with sports.
  - Spooky23 3y ago
    That’s because the TV system is going to collapse soon, and gambling and data neeed for gambling will replace that revenue.
hanniabu 3y ago
It's great for when you don't want to choose something to watch
- ghaff 3y ago
  A lot of people including my brother do like to have TV as background. (Personally I hate it.) Way back when I would travel in groups and sometimes have a roommate one of the nails on chalkboard things for me was people who would turn on the TV the first thing when they walked into a room.
  - amanaplanacanal 3y ago
    I usually have music going in the background instead, which I would guess a lot of people would find just as annoying.
    - ghaff 3y ago
      I don't find it as annoying--and sometimes even like it--but I don't routinely put music on as background especially if I'm reading/writing/etc.
- legitster 3y ago
  My guilty pleasure have been the Roku Digital Channels. They have channels that are just a 24 hour feed of MST3K, or Cook's Illustrated, or How It's Made, or Antiques Roadshow. Just to turn on some background while I am making dinner or working on a project has been enjoyable, commercials and all.
  - bonton89 3y ago
    I was recently on vacation where they had a roku TV and watched these. I watched some old Unsolved Mysteries episodes, honestly there weren't really that many commercials on this at all compared to my parent's cable subscription. I recall that after well after I had cut the cord a lot of channels on cable had switched to just playing one show all day on some channels so the concept seemed to pre-date the roku setup.
rchaud 3y ago
Old people watch a lot of TV, so pretty much every commercial is targeted at them. Medications, retirement planning, predatory "manage your finances" apps, and of course commercials for thinly veiled clones of NCIS.

dylan604 3y ago

There's a large population of people from a prior generation to you.

swatcoder 3y ago

It's for sports and news (which both earn many many eyes and are most satisfying when watched live), not so much for reality or scripted productions. Even if you like channel surfing among the latter, you can do that in most service-specific streaming apps now.

well_actulily 3y ago
At least for news, something like [PBS NewsHour](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/) is available free for cord cutters. Sports, you're mostly looking at illicit streams from dodgy sites.

ericabiz 3y ago

Sports fans watch a lot of live TV.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
Based on the couple times I have watched sports recently, I would have thought it was a series of gambling ads interspersed with sports.
- Spooky23 3y ago
  That’s because the TV system is going to collapse soon, and gambling and data neeed for gambling will replace that revenue.

hanniabu 3y ago

It's great for when you don't want to choose something to watch

ghaff 3y ago
A lot of people including my brother do like to have TV as background. (Personally I hate it.) Way back when I would travel in groups and sometimes have a roommate one of the nails on chalkboard things for me was people who would turn on the TV the first thing when they walked into a room.
- amanaplanacanal 3y ago
  I usually have music going in the background instead, which I would guess a lot of people would find just as annoying.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    I don't find it as annoying--and sometimes even like it--but I don't routinely put music on as background especially if I'm reading/writing/etc.
legitster 3y ago
My guilty pleasure have been the Roku Digital Channels. They have channels that are just a 24 hour feed of MST3K, or Cook's Illustrated, or How It's Made, or Antiques Roadshow. Just to turn on some background while I am making dinner or working on a project has been enjoyable, commercials and all.
- bonton89 3y ago
  I was recently on vacation where they had a roku TV and watched these. I watched some old Unsolved Mysteries episodes, honestly there weren't really that many commercials on this at all compared to my parent's cable subscription. I recall that after well after I had cut the cord a lot of channels on cable had switched to just playing one show all day on some channels so the concept seemed to pre-date the roku setup.

rchaud 3y ago

Old people watch a lot of TV, so pretty much every commercial is targeted at them. Medications, retirement planning, predatory "manage your finances" apps, and of course commercials for thinly veiled clones of NCIS.