I personally, don't. Streaming services are just nicer to use in my humble opinion. But live TV was fun.
Sports. That's it.
I watch live news and sports, but I never watch scripted shows live.
95 percent of what I watch live at this point is NASCAR.
Sports, the news, and Jeopardy. With sports and Jeopardy I sometimes watch via the DVR instead of live, especially F1 racing and likely the next few US Women's World Cup games, in both cases due to the time difference. (I got up at 1:45 AM to watch the US play Mexico in the 2002 World Cup, but getting up to watch a 3:00 AM game this coming Tuesday just isn't going to happen. It's a lot easier to get through the workday on short sleep when you're 29 than it is when you're 50.)
With Jeopardy when we watch live I often find myself grabbing the remote to try to fast-forward through the commercials and then when it doesn't work I realize we're watching live.
Only for live sports (because it's a minute ahead of streaming), for news, and maybe a game show or two (usually watch Let's Make A Deal and The Price is Right at the office).
Just sports. My wife is into live parades during the holiday season, so guess those are on in the background.
Yes, but rarely any non-sport network shows.
Sports, Jeopardy, almost anything else I personally watch I tend to DVR and watch as mother nature intended, especially on stations I am already paying to watch (looking at you Discovery and your 42 minutes of programming placed into a 68 minute long time slot).
I don't, mainly because I'd need to get an antenna to do so. I don't stream either. I'm entertained enough between looking for jobs, browsing eBay, and watching free stuff on YouTube, so I don't see the point except maybe to watch like, two shows (which I can probably find... "somewhere else" anyways).
If something bad happens and I really need to tune into the news, I'll get out my radio. I actually listen to live content on that more often than I watch live content on television.
Other than the Super Bowl and New Year's Eve, not at all.
We dropped cable a while back, and found that we didn't miss it much. I got an antenna for one of our TVs, but can't seem to get it in the right place to pick up Jeopardy. We have Roku and Fire but don't use them very much. I did catch the tail end of the Super Bowl, but that's been about it. I don't really miss TV news either.
Local weather coverage, although in July and August it gets rather boring here.
Sports and the occasional news broadcast, but both are streamed online. I do try to keep up with some TV shows on a weekly basis so that discussions aren't stale by the time I get to them (and hate the binge model), but there's not enough time in the day for that.
Football, but mainly that Dallas team and maybe that San Francisco team if it's airing locally.
News and Sports mainly but the rest its streaming.
Mostly news, but a couple other things as detailed below:
-Local news (News10 at home, News8 when visiting my parents, usually the local ABC affiliate when traveling, but it varies by schedule)
-ABC World News Tonight (or the CBS news when visiting my parents, since Mom prefers that one and News8 is a CBS affiliate)
-ABC's This Week
-Empire State Weekly*
-Young Sheldon
-Ghosts
-Holey Moley**
-The Prank Panel***
*Empire State Weekly is a New York state version of CBS's Meet The Press produced by News10 for air across the state on Nextar's stations serving New York. That said, the air times are less than convenient for most people outside of the Capital District, as the other stations serving the larger media markets air it really early for some reason (and then there's the Burlington/Plattsburgh station airing it at 11 PM).
**I suspect that ABC has quiet cancelled Holey Moley given that nothing has been announced since season 4 wrapped, but there were rumors that they might shoot season 5 in Australia, so who knows.
***At least now that it's on Thursdays. I'm busy Sunday at 8, so I was catching it on Hulu those weeks.
It depends on what you mean by "live tv." Do you mean a program transmitted more or less at the same time it is being created? Or do you mean a program transmitted only at set scheduled times?
I can't remember the last time I deliberately watched non-sports programming on linear TV at its specific first-run air time.
Quote from: ZLoth on July 28, 2023, 08:04:54 PMFootball, but mainly that Dallas team and maybe that San Francisco team if it's airing locally.
Let me amend my statement... it has been almost two DECADES since I watched "live" television. Pre-streaming, I had Dish Network (2001-2003) and DirecTV (2003-2018), and in both cases, I had a DVR so that I could record programming for later playback
and skip over commercials. Part of this was out of necessity as I had returned to college as an older student, thus studies took precedence over the latest episode of whatever show I was interested in. Over the past 15 years, television's importance in my life declined to non-existent because other items became more important such as my career and being an adult caregiver. Five years of being on graveyard shift didn't help. The only televisions in my home is in the master bedroom (which my mother occupies) and in my home office.
As for Dallas football, you can blame my next door neighbor for that and inviting me over to watch the games. But, they passed away at the beginning of the year.
My mother lives for CBS Sunday Morning.
I feel like this show, is like I'm in a room where everyone's laughing, and I don't get the joke. Targeted at people who are wayyyyyy above me.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 29, 2023, 01:49:42 AM
It depends on what you mean by "live tv." Do you mean a program transmitted more or less at the same time it is being created? Or do you mean a program transmitted only at set scheduled times?
Live TV is generally meant as something that is currently being transmitted--the earliest you could possibly watch that program regardless of when it was created.
The only things I watch on a linear TV service are the local morning news, the occasional football (real football, aka soccer) game, and I tend to keep business/financial news from one of a couple of sources playing as background noise during the workday. (If it were just my business news background noise, I would probably say I didn't "watch live TV", considering it streaming, even though it is technically "linear TV".)
We dropped our DirecTV subscription years ago, shifting first to PSVue, and then to YouTubeTV when Vue shut down. I've maintained the YTTV subscription mostly to keep my wife happy, but her video consumption habits seem finally to be shifting to streaming services. At some point I'll talk her into agreeing that YTTV can be mostly dropped (although I might come back for a month every couple of years if that were the only way to watch World Cup games).
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on July 29, 2023, 09:40:29 AM
The only things I watch on a linear TV service are the local morning news, the occasional football (real football, aka soccer) game, and I tend to keep business/financial news from one of a couple of sources playing as background noise during the workday. (If it were just my business news background noise, I would probably say I didn't "watch live TV", considering it streaming, even though it is technically "linear TV".)
We dropped our DirecTV subscription years ago, shifting first to PSVue, and then to YouTubeTV when Vue shut down. I've maintained the YTTV subscription mostly to keep my wife happy, but her video consumption habits seem finally to be shifting to streaming services. At some point I'll talk her into agreeing that YTTV can be mostly dropped (although I might come back for a month every couple of years if that were the only way to watch World Cup games).
At a minimum, half of the final group stage games will be on cable, as they are played simultaneously. With 2026 expanding to 48 teams, they might decide to go with more simultaneous (or at least overlapping) games to compress the schedule.
Yes, but mostly sports.
Some sports I like to watch live such as NFL. But other sports i like to watch on DVR such as NASCAR so I can fast forward through commercials.
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on July 29, 2023, 09:32:47 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 29, 2023, 01:49:42 AM
It depends on what you mean by "live tv." Do you mean a program transmitted more or less at the same time it is being created? Or do you mean a program transmitted only at set scheduled times?
Live TV is generally meant as something that is currently being transmitted--the earliest you could possibly watch that program regardless of when it was created.
True, but that doesn't seem to be how some people are using it here, such as with Jeopardy, which is why I thought to point it out.
"Live" as in antenna/cable/satellite channels. Not necessarily "live" as in "these events are literally happening right now".
Sports and news.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 29, 2023, 10:43:33 PM
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on July 29, 2023, 09:32:47 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 29, 2023, 01:49:42 AM
It depends on what you mean by "live tv." Do you mean a program transmitted more or less at the same time it is being created? Or do you mean a program transmitted only at set scheduled times?
Live TV is generally meant as something that is currently being transmitted--the earliest you could possibly watch that program regardless of when it was created.
True, but that doesn't seem to be how some people are using it here, such as with Jeopardy, which is why I thought to point it out.
What I meant as to Jeopardy should have been utterly obvious to normal people, but it was more or less the following: It comes on Channel 7 at 7:30. We usually watch NBC Nightly News at 7:00. If we're done with dinner by 7:30, and if there is nothing else on we want to watch instead (such as a Caps game during hockey season), we will turn it to Jeopardy and watch that as it airs. If we haven't finished dinner, or if there's something else we want to watch then, we let the DVR pick up Jeopardy and we watch it later. Every normal person knows Jeopardy does not "air live" in the way sports do–it's recorded several weeks in advance, although they know when a given episode is scheduled to air when they record it. (And of course sometimes it winds up being preempted due to breaking news or severe weather alert coverage.)
I'm surprised certain people haven't tried to make a stink about the distinction between getting your TV service via a "cable replacement service" (YouTube TV, Sling, etc.–all of which are technically "streaming" but allow you to watch "live TV" in the sense of watching a program when it airs) versus getting it via an antenna, cable, or satellite dish.
For me, watching anything on an outside programmed broadcast receiver is on the screens at a local sports bar. The current reaction to the latest new technologies by SAG-AFTRA and the WGA is going to do it permanently for many others.
Mike
Sports and reality are generally the only things I watch live anymore. Everything else I watch on demand.
Basically just watch the news.
Despite having access to multiple streaming services beyond standard cable, I still mostly just watch regular "live" tv. Force of habit. Just putting on the news or a few other favorite channels is easier than trying to think of something I want to watch and then trying to find which service has it, with a few exceptions.
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 30, 2023, 09:18:49 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 29, 2023, 10:43:33 PM
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on July 29, 2023, 09:32:47 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 29, 2023, 01:49:42 AM
It depends on what you mean by "live tv." Do you mean a program transmitted more or less at the same time it is being created? Or do you mean a program transmitted only at set scheduled times?
Live TV is generally meant as something that is currently being transmitted--the earliest you could possibly watch that program regardless of when it was created.
True, but that doesn't seem to be how some people are using it here, such as with Jeopardy, which is why I thought to point it out.
What I meant as to Jeopardy should have been utterly obvious to normal people
My apologies for not fitting your definition of normal.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 30, 2023, 09:17:45 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 30, 2023, 09:18:49 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 29, 2023, 10:43:33 PM
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on July 29, 2023, 09:32:47 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 29, 2023, 01:49:42 AM
It depends on what you mean by "live tv." Do you mean a program transmitted more or less at the same time it is being created? Or do you mean a program transmitted only at set scheduled times?
Live TV is generally meant as something that is currently being transmitted--the earliest you could possibly watch that program regardless of when it was created.
True, but that doesn't seem to be how some people are using it here, such as with Jeopardy, which is why I thought to point it out.
What I meant as to Jeopardy should have been utterly obvious to normal people
My apologies for not fitting your definition of normal.
No one on this forum does. No one.
Since I don't have any streaming services where I can watch shows on demand, everything I watch is live.
I do on occasion, especially in hotels or when I'm just throwing something on while working on something. Just the other night I watched live broadcast TV when the Plex device was having problems.
I've always enjoyed engineering a good antenna setup and pulling in broadcast TV, and still do it as a backup for internet outages and other problems.
I would need cable in order to get a signal, and cable was the first thing I pulled the plug on when the ex moved out.
I still watch plenty of what they call "appointment television". Plenty of interesting things on PBS these days. Various reruns on those OTA channels where half the ads are for scams. And then of course live sports as others have mentioned. If I feel like getting agitated, I'll watch a Sunday morning yak show. Might catch some local news just to see what's up. Then it's fun to do some armchair storm chasing when there's severe weather in my media market.
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 30, 2023, 09:18:49 AM
I'm surprised certain people haven't tried to make a stink about the distinction between getting your TV service via a "cable replacement service" (YouTube TV, Sling, etc.–all of which are technically "streaming" but allow you to watch "live TV" in the sense of watching a program when it airs) versus getting it via an antenna, cable, or satellite dish.
The consensus in the industry is going to be the term "paid linear television", which would mean a set of channels, distributed in the traditional linear manner. This can be cable, satellite, or linear streaming such as DirecTV Stream, YouTube TV, Sling, etc.
Anyway, Nielsen covers this and the numbers are publicly available (Nielsen charges for a lot of stuff). Total time spent watching non-linear streaming is about 40%. Unfortunately, Nielsen divides "OTA" (NBC, CBS, etc) and "cable channels" (ESPN, USA, Discovery, etc) into two categories, each of which get about 30% which leads know-nothings to proclaim the "streaming is the most popular form of TV", but, of course, most people don't really care if a show or game is on ABC or on TBS, they are just different channel numbers in their cable (or satellite or alternative) package.
IMHO, this is about where this is going to stay. No body is sitting around waiting for streaming to come to their town. Those that want each service, have it. Most people us it the way HBO used to be, a pay extra supplement to the standard channels. The problem is none of these services, save only Netflix, makes a dime, and there really seems to be no path to profitability for them. Many will go broke in the next few years.
As far as the question, I pretty much only watch sports. Maybe 3-4 scripted dramas. I really regret that these streaming services are picking up sports. To get the sports that you used to watch on "cable" with just one bill, you now need every streaming service, except Netflix. Very anti-consumer.
Quote from: SP Cook on August 02, 2023, 01:04:15 PM
As far as the question, I pretty much only watch sports. Maybe 3-4 scripted dramas. I really regret that these streaming services are picking up sports. To get the sports that you used to watch on "cable" with just one bill, you now need every streaming service, except Netflix. Very anti-consumer.
But if you only want particular sports, you don't need every streaming service. For my sports, I use YouTube TV (which gets me the ESPNs, NBC Sports, Fox Sports, CBS Sports, TBS/TNT, etc.), Peacock (which comes free with my internet), and Paramount+ if I feel like watching Champions League. So I only really pay for YouTube TV and maybe for a couple months of the year an extra $5/mo for Paramount.
Baseball: Must have the linear channels, including your local RSN which is only on DirecTV or cable now (not on DISH or YouTube TV); Apple, and Peacock. In market New York Yankee fans also must have Amazon.
Pro Football: Must have linear channels, Peacock, and Amazon.
Soccer: Must have linear channels, Apple, Peacock, Paramount Plus, ESPN+, Amazon.
College football: Appears the Pac 12 will be on Apple. Also must have ESPN+, Peacock, and the linear channels.
College basketball: Same.
Golf: Must have linear channels, and ESPN+.
Indy Car: Must have linear channels, plus Peacock.
NASCAR: Is almost certain to sell 6-8 races to Apple in next deal.
To watch the same sports you used to get for one bill, you must have every service, except Netflix. Very anti-consumer.
Quote from: SP Cook on August 02, 2023, 02:02:41 PM
Soccer: Must have linear channels, Apple, Peacock, Paramount Plus, ESPN+, Amazon.
I won't comment on all of them, but I probably watch more soccer than any poster on this forum. You're never going to be able to watch every single league. As a Premier League fan, the networks I mentioned are plenty. If you want to watch the Turkish Super Lig or Dutch Eredivisie and you're grumpy that you have to pay for special streaming, I don't know what to tell you.
exclusively sports and election coverage.
Quote from: SP Cook on August 02, 2023, 01:04:15 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 30, 2023, 09:18:49 AM
I'm surprised certain people haven't tried to make a stink about the distinction between getting your TV service via a "cable replacement service" (YouTube TV, Sling, etc.–all of which are technically "streaming" but allow you to watch "live TV" in the sense of watching a program when it airs) versus getting it via an antenna, cable, or satellite dish.
The consensus in the industry is going to be the term "paid linear television", which would mean a set of channels, distributed in the traditional linear manner. This can be cable, satellite, or linear streaming such as DirecTV Stream, YouTube TV, Sling, etc.
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My comment was more meant as a reference to certain exceptionally hypertechnical members of this forum.
It's a novelty we enjoy whenever we stay in hotels, but we don't have any sort of live TV service at home; by and large it's just streaming services for entertainment and social media for news.
Only for news, sports and game shows. Everything else is now on-demand.
Basically just sports, news programming and the occasional Price is Right, Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune for me. My parents watch more than that, but mostly HGTV or Food Network specifically.
Only sports matches. Nothing more
I only really rely on it for sports. I occasionally watch the local news, or something like the NBC Nightly News (I don't like the cable news channels like CNN or FOX News, but the 30 minute nightly news programs are usually solid). If I didn't have TV, I could stream my local news on the station's website. I am able to pick up all my local stations with an antenna, luckily.
I have an HDHomerun and a Channels DVR server so I can record stuff, and watch all the stations from streaming sticks on my TV (no need to run coax all over the house). Channels DVR also supports adding TV Everywhere credentials to pick up a bunch of other stations over the internet, through the official legal streams. It doesn't have everything (for example NBC recently pulled all their streams of networks like USA), but it has what I need.
The only questionable thing is, I'm using my parents' Spectrum credentials, since I no longer pay for cable myself. Password sharing is the norm these days though, for now. I can use this to access networks like ESPN, TNT, and FS1 that you'd normally need cable or a streaming subscription (eg. Youtube TV) for. Channels DVR is super nice since it combines the local OTA channels like NBC and CBS, with the streaming channels like ESPN and TNT, and puts them all into one guide, and I can do all the nice DVR things with all of it. I even have non-DRM files of recordings on my computer that I can do anything with, rather than recordings tied to your prioviders hardware like you get on cable or Dish.
I do record some shows like Amazing Race and Survivor, though I often don't get around to watching them. If I didn't have a TV setup, I could also just stream the shows if I wanted to, but doesn't hurt to record them.
I stream almost everything I watch (which, these days, is mostly little kid friendly shows) but will watch live sports and live parades on cable. I currently pay for Disney Plus, Paramount Plus, and YouTube streaming services.
I'm actually very intentional in that I want my daughter to watch as few commercials as possible. I have an older friend who only showed her older son shows and movies on videos and DVDs, but then loosened it later with her younger kids (10 year age gap) and found that her younger kids were constantly wanting, wanting, wanting toys and things from commercials while her older son didn't and was always easily satisfied. (Yes, personalities could also play a role, but I'd rather avoid having my child marketed to.)