How much TV do you watch each week?

Have Your Say Jan. 22, 2013 - 06:11AM JST ( 19 )

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BertieWoosterJan. 22, 2013 - 08:39AM JST

NONE.

We got rid of our TV when we moved to Okinawa seven years ago.

Life is SO much better without it.
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BrainiacJan. 22, 2013 - 08:41AM JST

I use my TV mainly for watching DVDs and old videotapes. I tune in to NHK's evening news programs and an occasional sports telecast on the BS stations. I couldn't imagine not having a TV, though, especially in times of disasters.
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cleoJan. 22, 2013 - 08:52AM JST

News, the occasional documentary, a weekly gardening programme, one or two others. None of the 'same old faces again and again eating stuff and/or hitting each other over the head', which there seems to be more and more of these days.

In the last couple of months, with a 2-year-old visiting, we've been watching a lot of Thomas the Tank Engine and Bob the Builder on DVD.
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FPSRussiaJan. 22, 2013 - 09:01AM JST

Japanese TV, none whatsoever. No need to pay NHK money when they provide very little content.

Digital age: AppleTV, HULU, NetFlix, SlingBox. TV when I want it, commercial free, and in my language.

6-8 hours a week. All internet based.
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JimizoJan. 22, 2013 - 12:03PM JST

I used to watch Japanese TV to improve my Japanese. The word oishii started to get on my nerves after a while. BBC is worth having.
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bilderberg_2015Jan. 22, 2013 - 04:05PM JST

I never watch Japanese TV. I'd rather stab myself in the eyes. I only watch streaming TV through the Internet, using sites like Hulu or BBC.
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timeonJan. 22, 2013 - 07:05PM JST

Wife watches NHK news in the morning (after I go to work), I join her on Sundays. In the evenings, I watch some cable TV, movies sometimes, but mostly sport and Discovery. we sometimes get about 30 minutes of peace with the Baby channel, our son loves it. sometimes
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Anna ShelegedaJan. 22, 2013 - 07:20PM JST

I watch it sometimes just in the mornings such a background noise.
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Thunderbird2Jan. 22, 2013 - 07:35PM JST

When I'm in Japan I only watch it in when I'm in the hotel... and marvel at what drivel it is. Yes you get the occasional really good police series, but hour upon hour of those annoying panel shows at night. I think if I lived in Japan for any more than a month I would be begging for the BBC... strange thing is here at home I rarely watch TV. I mostly watch J-dramas on DVD hahaha
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vollandJan. 23, 2013 - 07:08AM JST

I watch 49 minutes every week.

Every day I watch the weather report on NHK 1 from 18:52 to 18:59.

Anybody knows anything else that is worth watching?
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tajJan. 23, 2013 - 10:16AM JST

Long ago (mid 90s), I used to watch world news reports on one of the NHK BS channels while getting ready for work. It was great. You got 5 to 10 minutes of top news stories from different countries national broadcasters, with a choice of original language or Japanese. It's amazing to see the same story as reported by Spain, Russia, the Philippines, etc. And also to see what doesn't even register as important in yet another country. Sadly, if there was an MBA game, featuring a Japanese player, the news got bumped.

I got rid of all Cable a few years ago, after History Channel / Discovery Channel / National Geographic shifted from fact-based documentary type programming to stuff like, "Did Aliens Build the Pyramids?", etc. and CNN turned into a another pundit stream (a la Fox and MSNBC).

Now my TV is limited to some internet-bsaed - what and when I want it, viewing. I wish Hulu Japan had more BBC programming.
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OnniyamaJan. 23, 2013 - 10:45AM JST

volland. I am with you. I often watch the weather report. There is nothing else worth watching on J TV. And that is being kind. Try finding a program that does not completely annoy you within 15 seconds.
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kaminarioyajiJan. 23, 2013 - 11:02AM JST

Quoting an old colleague -

"When you first come to Japan, you don't watch TV because you can't understand it; fast forward 5 years, and you don't watch it because you CAN understand it."
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BrainiacJan. 23, 2013 - 11:15AM JST

Onniyama

Try the History or Discovery channels. Or "Close-Up Gendai" on NHK weeknights from 7:30 p.m. There are, in fact, quite a lot of very good programs on Japanese TV, both free and satellite. You just have to know what you are looking for and avoid the dross.
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LowlyJan. 23, 2013 - 12:12PM JST

Used to watch a lot of jpns tv- of course great when still getting used to jpns. But HORRIBLE programming.

Got cable and now watch Law and ORder w/ dinner most nights, and CBS news.

Still, way too much tv, debate canceling, or getting rid of all non-jpns channels for cheaper... We only have a few decades of life before it is all over. Use it wisely and all that.
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lostrune2Jan. 23, 2013 - 12:57PM JST

Whenever I'm on the computer, the TV is on for background noise. Been multitasking like that since school days. (Also could put the TV screen on the corner of my large computer screen if so wish.)
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vollandJan. 24, 2013 - 09:35AM JST

@OnniyamaJan. 23, 2013 - 10:45AM JST

"volland. I am with you. I often watch the weather report. There is nothing else worth watching on J TV. And that is being kind. Try finding a program that does not completely annoy you within 15 seconds."

Maybe I should have added, that I actually watch quite soem TV, but I suppose this questions is about japanese TV. Thanks to the internet european and american TV is available..... I do not think without those I could have survived 5 years here.... ;-)
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sighclopsJan. 30, 2013 - 11:41AM JST

Japanese TV = COMPLETE waste of time.

How half of these "talents" even have jobs boggles the mind...
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mrkobayashiJan. 30, 2013 - 12:53PM JST

Anybody knows anything else that is worth watching?

Yes, I do. There are some good documentary-type programs, such as "gaia no yoake" and "jyounetsu tairiku." "Another sky" is not bad either. I avoid "variety" programs and most dramas.