Longest you went without watching TV ?

[Pure Peace]

this might be a generational question, since kids nowadays have everything through their phones and computers, blurring the definition of "watching TV"

I did not watch any TV at all, except for the 911 coverage , from 1999 to 2005ish
this was during my 4 yrs at college and the couple of years shortly after when i was living on my own (without a TV)

in 2006ish, when Flat Screen tvs became the norm, i bought one and started watching TV again and i felt like I was stuck in a time warp for the past 6-7 years.

As far as the change in pop culture, the amount of new endless channels , 100s of new shows, change in censorship sensibility....it was completely different from the late 90s. I literally felt like I left the planet Earth for a few years and came back to a changed world.

 

[blitzk]

Not sure, probably just a few day to a week + while on vacation.

I've been without wifi at home or data on my phone for over 3 months now. That has to count for something.

 

[Johnson]

Probably like 4-5 days when I was at VA. Beach a few years ago.

 

[nostradumbass]

Does this include at other people's houses? Aside from that, pretty much my entire adult life.

 

[GSP_37]

I've gone a long time without watching a TV sitcom or drama, but absolutely have to watch the local news.

 

[Badger67]

Other than streaming sports on pc i probably went 3years without

 

[irish_thug]

2 years I think.

 

[Osculater]

About four years or more

 

[Drenalin]

Probably a month or longer. I rarely watch tv

 

[Nameless Ghoul]

My parents went through a hyper religious phase when we were growing up. I remember the 49ers/Chargers Super Bowl in 95 was "the last day we had tv" and it lasted for them until 2013? I moved out in 04 so that's when I "tuned back in '.

 

[blaseblah]

I haven't watched TV in years except for sports events with other people.

 

[Sir Galahad]

Went camping for a week in the swamplands.

 

[Guestx]

I've gone a long time without watching a TV sitcom or drama, but absolutely have to watch the local news.

Interesting. I don't run across many people who still watch their local news. My grandparents were all about that shit when I was a kid.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

I went without a tv for a year after I graduated from college.
Then after I got one and had cable for a few years I got rid of it cable - making my tv useless for all but dvd's or video games.
Then I got it all back to watch the Celtics 2008 run and got rid of it all over again right after they won.
Then I got HBOGo for GoT S2. Now I have Netflix and an app to watch some shows on regular tv (I usually only watch 1 or 2 shows and UFC fights on regular tv; nothing else). So I'd say I've gone without TV for 7 of the last 15 years.

 

[TSO]

I cut cable two years ago, so about two years.

 

[DataBreach]

3 years.

No TV, films or internet entertainment.

I used the internet but only for work and school.

 

[ithinktheymad]

I did not own one from about 2006-2009.

 

[Desdinova]

I'd say about 3 months when I was traveling overseas.