Any one only watch old stuff?

[luvsvacation]

I’m 44. I used to be so into TV & movies in the 80s/90s. I had my kids in the early 2000s and I guess I was just too busy to keep up with new stuff. I’ve noticed in the past 10 years or so as my kids are older and I have time to chill and watch stuff I gravitate to reruns of things from my childhood and teens. The only “new” things I have watched in the past 20 years is Monk, House and The Office. I still consider these new and current, even though I know they’re not. With the ability to stream I find myself watching lots of stuff from the 70s and 80s. I’m not sure if it’s because I can play on my phone at the same time since I already know what’s going on or if I just prefer the things that remind me of my childhood. Any one else find themselves watching Columbo, Cheers, and Golden Girls

 

[brockash]

I’m 44. I used to be so into TV & movies in the 80s/90s. I had my kids in the early 2000s and I guess I was just too busy to keep up with new stuff. I’ve noticed in the past 10 years or so as my kids are older and I have time to chill and watch stuff I gravitate to reruns of things from my childhood and teens. The only “new” things I have watched in the past 20 years is Monk, House and The Office. I still consider these new and current, even though I know they’re not. With the ability to stream I find myself watching lots of stuff from the 70s and 80s. I’m not sure if it’s because I can play on my phone at the same time since I already know what’s going on or if I just prefer the things that remind me of my childhood. Any one else find themselves watching Columbo, Cheers, and Golden Girls

Lol...while I do watch some new things (This is Us, Grey's Anatomy) and also watch quite a bit of old stuff...often just in the background. I watch Golden Girls most Sundays, Roseanne most Saturdays, a decent amount of Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens and my youngest likes Full House.

I do think it has something to do with my tendency of not living in the moment etc., but hey.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I watch really old TV from the 50s and 60s - my favorite is I Love Lucy
More modern old - The Middle

 

[Christine]

No old stuff at all. I'm 58. I just don't like watching stuff over and over. I don't know why. My husband, though, he constantly watches Andy Griffith.

I spend all my TV time watching new stuff and the only reason I might watch something older is if I never saw it before when it aired.

 

[mmbrad02]

I'm 41 - and my favorite thing to watch is episodes of All My Children on Youtube from the 90's and early 2000's I don't watch hardly any shows that are current.

 

[soccerdad72]

Only old stuff? No, but I do like watching some of the older stuff (80s and 90s mostly) from time to time.

 

[Kimkimba]

I rewatch shows. Right now I’m rewatching Cold Case and Without a Trace. And I must admit to watching all seasons of Monk three times. For some reason Monk is very calming to me.

 

[mamamary]

About 4 months ago I was on YouTube and discovered a game show from the 1950s and 1960s called What’s My Line. I was obsessed with watching it. It was almost like watching people from another civilization. Things sure changed since then. I did find it very interesting though.

 

[Christine]

About 4 months ago I was on YouTube and discovered a game show from the 1950s and 1960s called What’s My Line. I was obsessed with watching it. It was almost like watching people from another civilization. Things sure changed since then. I did find it very interesting though.

My grandma used to watch that. Would have been mid 60s I guess. I have vague memories of it being on the TV. I remember "Soupy Sales" because who could forget a name like that?

 

[LuvOrlando]

I don't only watch those shows but if I want or need a mood pick me up I 100% go back. My personal favorite is Poirot but I also love Designing Woman, Cheers, Matlock, Golden Girls, Frazier etc because their point was to help us through with pleasant distraction. I really miss smiles in TV, I think the last show with any gentle humor was probably The Office, these days all the funny stuff is sharp enough to leave marks so much so that soft is nowhere to be found unless I hop into a time machine. I WISH I could easily find Steve Irwin's old show or Jeff Corwin, we loved those as a family.

Same goes for the recent dark vibe in music, it's ok but I can't take a constant diet of it, I think I'd need meds to pull me out of the spiral.

 

[Micca]

My husband, though, he constantly watches Andy Griffith.

That's because Andy Griffith is the Citizen Kane of sitcoms.

 

[hhisc16]

I’m 44. I used to be so into TV & movies in the 80s/90s. I had my kids in the early 2000s and I guess I was just too busy to keep up with new stuff. I’ve noticed in the past 10 years or so as my kids are older and I have time to chill and watch stuff I gravitate to reruns of things from my childhood and teens. The only “new” things I have watched in the past 20 years is Monk, House and The Office. I still consider these new and current, even though I know they’re not. With the ability to stream I find myself watching lots of stuff from the 70s and 80s. I’m not sure if it’s because I can play on my phone at the same time since I already know what’s going on or if I just prefer the things that remind me of my childhood. Any one else find themselves watching Columbo, Cheers, and Golden Girls

I feel like streaming has made it easier to access older items than finding it on vhs/dvd before.
We tend to stream Disney+ the most.

 

[barkley]

i love it when i can catch a channel that is running old shows in episodic order. i rewatched 'the middle' a couple of years ago and watching the kids age up was great. i've done it multiple times with 'the waltons'. i am currently recording on my dvr 'maude' and 'barney miller'. a few years ago i purchased the entire 'northern exposure' series-that one i need to pull out and start watching (but we have several others dh would probably opt for-'third rock from the sun', 'wkrp in cincinnati', 'ab fab', 'corner gas' and a wealth of british imports which are so much better than the edited versions pbs runs of them).

 

[fla4fun]

I wouldn’t say only, but primarily older stuff. Some of it is due to watching tv via an antenna, since NBC I’d the only network channel I can receive but I get lots of channels that run older shows, combined with my DVD collection, where I have entire seasons of things like Gilmore Girls and Ghost Whisperer. Even when I had satellite, the only new shows I watched were on niche channels like Smithsonian.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Any one only watch old stuff?


Yes, really "old stuff". We're currently into Adam-12 and Emergency. But I also watch Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke, as well as black & white movies from the 30s/40s. And Password, Password Plus, and Super Password.


But not "only". I also watch newer stuff - Dr Pol, Hallmark Christmas movies, People's Court, Monk, Chopped, and PBS's All Creatures Great and Small.

 

[ftbaker1313]

Very seldom do my wife and I watch anything new. The exception being Mandalorian and Bobba Fett. We are currently watching our way thru Buffy the Vampire slayer and angel. Before we went thru Adam 12, Dragnet, Mash, Numbers, Emergency. The last new show we watched was Big Bang Theory.

 

[amcnj]

I sometimes watch older stuff. Some has held up and some has not!

 

[luvsvacation]

I sometimes watch older stuff. Some has held up and some has not!

I also find it interesting to see how norms have changed over the years. The character of Sam Malone would never exist now I watched an episode of Leave It To Beaver where his mom gave him money to go get a haircut. It was perfectly normal at that time to give a kid under the age of ten money and send them out the door to go and get their own haircut.

 

[amcnj]

I also find it interesting to see how norms have changed over the years. The character of Sam Malone would never exist now I watched an episode of Leave It To Beaver where his mom gave him money to go get a haircut. It was perfectly normal at that time to give a kid under the age of ten money and send them out the door to go and get their own haircut.

Very true. Even shows considered classics. Like Andy Griffith having Otis the town drunk.

As kids we were often sent to various stores to make purchases. In fact I am trying to think if my parents ever actually went to the milk store themselves!

 

[mrodgers]

I don't watch much of anything from Hollyweird. On occasion I watch Netflix series. Just watched the woman in the window on the other side of town watching the neighbors through their window in the afternoon or whatever the name was.

Waiting on the new season of You.

That's about it. I watch Youtube, content by individual regular people with interests that match my interests. Bicycle touring, motorcycles, camping/bushcraft, homesteading, boats, cars, just about every interest you have you can find great Youtube video channels.

Watched Sean James hand build his off-grid cabin. April Wilkinson (woodworking) build her new shop. A couple of motorcycle (Harley style) motobloggers who I found out only live a few miles from me. Lots of comedians. Joe Rogan Experience. Lots of guitar and cooking channels. Backyard MMA.