Anybody else rather watch TV shows in marathons, as opposed to weekly?
 

I haven't been watching any of the new Sex and the City episodes. I have been taping all of them...and when I get a bunch of them stock-piled, I'm going to watch them all back to back.

anybody else like watching shows like that as opposed to one episode per week?

It depends on the show. With something like 24, those weekly cliffhangers drive me nuts. That is something I would rather watch all in one sitting. Otherwise, I'm ok with the weekly format, it give me awhile to think about what's happening with the characters and storylines.

I second 24 - I watched Season 1 on DVD and couldn't imagine waiting a whole week in between those episodes. Needless to say.. I'm eagerly anticipating Season 2 on DVD.

Another show I timeshift is Big Brother. Commiting 3 nights per week is too much, so I just record them all (Tue, Wed, Fri) and then watch them all some time on the weekend.

With timeshifting via Tivo/ReplayTV, I find shows piling up more and more. The biggest downside, to me at least, is that if I wait too long, I'm left out of the discussion on this board! :)

Sometimes I simply can't watch shows on week nights, so I will just tell my ReplayTVs to record 3 hours of episodes, and once that time rolls around, I'll get back on my butt, and watch 2-3 episodes at a time to catch up so that when my ReplayTVs record that 4th episode, I'll have already watch the first in the queue before it gets recorded over. I did this with "Dead Like Me" and "Striperella" this weekend. I'm doing the same with "Curb Your Enthusiasm" repeats by watching 2 weeks' worth at a time (4 episodes).

I'm waiting for ABC family to do a 2 day Alias marathon

At the end of 2001, I hadn't watched more than 2 or 3 full episodes of "ER' throughout its entire run. One Thursday I watched, and became a regular viewer. Every weekday morning, TNT shows two episodes, so I started watching those as well. At ten episodes a week, I was able to watch a full season within three weeks. In just a few months, I had seen every episode.

Another show I watched in bulk was "The Sopranos". I watched the first three seasons on video, getting through each season in a matter of days. When I decided to get HBO to watch season four, I had to adjust myself to watching only one episode weekly.

As for "Sex and the City", that is one show I could not watch in large blocks. One episode per week is enough for me. Those chicks annoy me after a while.

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I prefer marathons, but I often don't have the patience for it. However, sometimes I do wait and tape things, or pick up full seasons on DVD (like SFU Season One) that I might have missed during the original airing...

Yup, I much prefer to watch a ton of tv (same show) and then not watch anything else for a while--7 hours in one day instead of one hour for seven days. I did that with 24, Angel, The Shield and Sports Night. Now I'm rewatching Babylon 5 that way off my Tivo--every week I have 5 episodes for Friday night.

tasha

I love marathons. Its great to sit down and watch hours of your favorite shows. Whenever I stumble upon a cheezy "Real World" marathon on MTV, I have to watch them all!

Yeah. I buy TV shows season DVD and watch episodes in bunches at a time. It's better to watch them in marathon for those shows that have continuity so it's easier to see how the story evolve over time.

I like to watch 2 or 3 hours of a show at a time, about the same time as watching a movie.

I watch stuff after I cut out all the ads, makes for a much better viewing experience.

My wife loves watching Monk on DVD after it has been edited.

agreed. the real world in marathon-form is like crack.

My wife and I watched both seasons 1 and 2 of '24' in marathon fashion. Season 1 was fine and we really enjoyed continuing on and on with the story, but season 2 dragged on a little bit and we probably will watch that one in 'real time'.