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danderson400 · 09-19-2015, 10:22 PM

did you schedule your activities around your favorite TV shows? i did that with a few of my favorite shows like China Beach, some of the NBC sitcoms and Sisters and even Life Goes On(but i would sometimes watch the end of an NFL game on CBS or NBC instead)

Mace Dolex · 09-19-2015, 11:52 PM

Yeah I guess I did as a kid I would finish up my homework quickly to watch afternoon cartoons.

danderson400 · 09-20-2015, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Mace Dolex

Yeah I guess I did as a kid I would finish up my homework quickly to watch afternoon cartoons.

haha my Mom would be watching her soaps while i was doing my homework now i do remember watching something on Discovery People(either "On Scene: Emergency Response" or "Real People") while doing my homework i didn't finish my homework quickly though

Rewinder · 09-20-2015, 09:50 PM

I did that with eating snacky wacky's like Snack Well's Cereal Bars , and drink Lemon tea Snappple watching Nick Stuff like Stick Stickly , and other Nick Show's in the afternoon,

Ah yes Summer of 1995

Michael cole · 09-20-2015, 09:56 PM

If my favorite shows were on, I'd drop everything to watch it.

danderson400 · 09-20-2015, 10:05 PM

when i was in high school, id watch reruns of China Beach on the History Channel while doing homework needless to say the show didn't affect my homework.. i have also watched some of Game Show Network during homework time too

danderson400 · 10-05-2015, 02:47 AM

I do remember one time I was doing my homework and I was watching The Joker's Wild(id say it was the 1990-91 version with Pat Finn) but I sometimes would get yelled at for not doing my homework sometimes(remembered one time I was watching a China Beach episode "With A Little Help From My Friends" I was so into the episode that I didn't do my homework! of course my mom didn't say anything about it unless I really didn't do my homework(would make sure my homework paper was close to the TV I would dance to songs like the ones on China Beach or even church services too!

tlc38tlc38 · 10-05-2015, 09:18 AM

I used to schedule around TGIF. I couldn't miss Fridays on ABC. Keep in mind that I was in elementary-middle school in the 90s.

My favorite TGIF schedule was "Family Matters", "Boy Meets World", "Step by Step", & "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper"-----this was a great lineup.

Regulus · 10-06-2015, 12:02 AM

I haven't scheduled anything around a TV show since 2007. I can play my favorite shows anytime I want to. "Appointment TV" is DEAD!

Tubehead · 10-08-2015, 02:17 AM

i used to schedule my life around TV shows i used to sleep all day until 4:00 pm i would watch quantum leap when i got up then i would stay up until 5:00 am watch family ties on nick at nite

OH Nuts! · 10-08-2015, 11:32 AM

Only as a last resort; mostly I was able to tape or burn them for viewing at a convenient time.

Sal · 10-08-2015, 10:41 PM

What I tend to do, with there being so little to watch on TV, is schedule my viewing time around sports. When there is a game that I want to watch, I make sure I don't miss it or even part of it or else I'll end up regretting it later. (Don't you hate it when you learn the final score before you get to watch the game?)

If your favorite sitcom happens to be on at 8 pm on a Thursday night and you miss it, there are many ways in which you can catch up and watch it later at any time, but if you miss all or part of a live sporting event that you have been looking forward to for a long time, such as this week when the baseball playoffs are on at the same time the hockey season is starting, then there may be a key moment in that game that stands out over all the others that you have to see live or it loses its appeal even if you watch it on tape later on. For example, when the World Series comes on, if there's another moment that comes up like Joe Carter's home run vs the Phillies in 1993 and someone like Jose Bautista or Josh Donaldson happens to repeat history, I want to see it right at that second, and not even a "Gilligan's Island" marathon can make me switch channels.

09-19-2015, 10:22 PM	#1
danderson400 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 24, 2015 Location: danderson400 Posts: 655	Did you schedule around your favorite shows? did you schedule your activities around your favorite TV shows? i did that with a few of my favorite shows like China Beach, some of the NBC sitcoms and Sisters and even Life Goes On(but i would sometimes watch the end of an NFL game on CBS or NBC instead)

09-20-2015, 09:56 PM	#5
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tlc38tlc38 Member Forum Star Join Date: May 02, 2008 Posts: 19,336	I used to schedule around TGIF. I couldn't miss Fridays on ABC. Keep in mind that I was in elementary-middle school in the 90s. My favorite TGIF schedule was "Family Matters", "Boy Meets World", "Step by Step", & "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper"-----this was a great lineup.
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Regulus Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 07, 2011 Location: Port Orange, Florida Avatar - Poiuyt Posts: 3,374	I haven't scheduled anything around a TV show since 2007. I can play my favorite shows anytime I want to. "Appointment TV" is DEAD!
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Sal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 20, 2001 Location: Oakville, Ont. Canada Posts: 6,226	What I tend to do, with there being so little to watch on TV, is schedule my viewing time around sports. When there is a game that I want to watch, I make sure I don't miss it or even part of it or else I'll end up regretting it later. (Don't you hate it when you learn the final score before you get to watch the game?) If your favorite sitcom happens to be on at 8 pm on a Thursday night and you miss it, there are many ways in which you can catch up and watch it later at any time, but if you miss all or part of a live sporting event that you have been looking forward to for a long time, such as this week when the baseball playoffs are on at the same time the hockey season is starting, then there may be a key moment in that game that stands out over all the others that you have to see live or it loses its appeal even if you watch it on tape later on. For example, when the World Series comes on, if there's another moment that comes up like Joe Carter's home run vs the Phillies in 1993 and someone like Jose Bautista or Josh Donaldson happens to repeat history, I want to see it right at that second, and not even a "Gilligan's Island" marathon can make me switch channels.
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09-19-2015, 11:52 PM	#2
Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,670	Yeah I guess I did as a kid I would finish up my homework quickly to watch afternoon cartoons.

09-20-2015, 09:50 PM	#4
Rewinder A former member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 21, 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 180	I did that with eating snacky wacky's like Snack Well's Cereal Bars , and drink Lemon tea Snappple watching Nick Stuff like Stick Stickly , and other Nick Show's in the afternoon, Ah yes Summer of 1995

09-20-2015, 10:05 PM	#6
danderson400 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 24, 2015 Location: danderson400 Posts: 655	when i was in high school, id watch reruns of China Beach on the History Channel while doing homework needless to say the show didn't affect my homework.. i have also watched some of Game Show Network during homework time too

10-05-2015, 02:47 AM	#7
danderson400 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 24, 2015 Location: danderson400 Posts: 655	I do remember one time I was doing my homework and I was watching The Joker's Wild(id say it was the 1990-91 version with Pat Finn) but I sometimes would get yelled at for not doing my homework sometimes(remembered one time I was watching a China Beach episode "With A Little Help From My Friends" I was so into the episode that I didn't do my homework! of course my mom didn't say anything about it unless I really didn't do my homework(would make sure my homework paper was close to the TV I would dance to songs like the ones on China Beach or even church services too!

10-08-2015, 02:17 AM	#10
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	i used to schedule my life around TV shows i used to sleep all day until 4:00 pm i would watch quantum leap when i got up then i would stay up until 5:00 am watch family ties on nick at nite

10-08-2015, 11:32 AM	#11
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	Only as a last resort; mostly I was able to tape or burn them for viewing at a convenient time.