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I'm not retired yet (6 weeks!), but my dad is retired and single. He watches a lot of TV. He almost never watched it when he was working. It doesn't rule his life. He still gets out to do things, spend time with his grand sons, walk, go to the library, etc. I think he just takes advantage of his free time to catch up. He talks about the reruns he watches like most of us talked about them when we saw them way back when. He is seeing much of it for the first time. It's funny to here him compare stuff to Seinfeld of the Simpsons.
I will probably watch a little more TV. Mostly news, a few shows that I just don't have time for know but really like and sports. I doubt it will become an obsession. Like many here, I think the lure of the internet will be harder to resist. At least that is somewhat an mentally active endeavor as opposed to TV.
I'm not retired yet (6 weeks!), but my dad is retired and single. He watches a lot of TV. He almost never watched it when he was working.
I'm sort of the opposite. When I was working, I watched a lot of tv. I'd come home from work and then just veg out for the evening watching tv to unwind. I'd even eat dinner in front of the tv. Now that I'm retired, I seem to be too busy and have too many interesting things to do to just sit in front of a tv. When I am home in the morning (as I am right now awaiting a contractor), I do have CNBC on in the background in order to follow the market, but I rarely watch TV anymore in the evenings, and I certainly don't sit home to watch daytime tv. The only programs I make a point of watching (besides Squawk Box) are live sporting events.
I still don't turn on the TV until dinner time but because I don't have to get up early in the morning anymore, I might watch a movie that starts at 10:00P because I can go to bed later.
I never was in the habit of watching morning or day time TV and that hasn't changed since I'm retired.
I'm watching more tv in the evenings now because I can stay up later. I still have no use for daytime tv. My internet time is way down now. It seems that it was quite a lure when I was tethered to a desk but now I have so many more active things to do. I'm usually tired by evening so seeing some shows I never had time for is nicer in the evening. That may go down as summer progresses.
Obviously we could pay for a satellite dish, but we don't want to, and so far we really would not have much time for watching TV.
Honestly, we have considered killing our satellite. We also don't have cable availability or over the air channels. We only watch a few channels out of the 150 or so. Even the kids only watch a few channels. Many shows are availabe on DVD to buy or rent. Many of the long running, quality shows on the networks and channles like Discovery, Travel, etc. are out there.
The big problem for me is the sports. I though maybe I could watch games on the internet and save a few bucks. Nope, MLB extra innings, the NFL and NHL packages are just as expensive to stream on the internet as they are for the same thing on satellite. It would cost close to $500 a year just to buy those packages. However, I think I could do without. when you really think about it, you can waste a lot of time watching sports and how often is it really entertaining? Even if you miss the game of the year, you can download it and watch.
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