Clik here to view.
Binging on TV Is Highbrow, Not Pandemic
When Slate intern Jim Pagels wrote last week that "TV binge-watching is a pandemic" that ruins "the integrity of the art form," condemnation rained down from some of the mightiest media outlets in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You're Not 'Binge-Watching,' You're 'Being Lazy'
Once upon a time, spending six straight hours watching TV was considered a mind-rotting display of laziness. Now, it's called " binge-watching ," and it's "the culturally sanctioned activity of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Half of Netflix Bingers Watch a Season in a Week
Netflix's binge-watchers are not screwing around. The streaming service released a survey today intended to show how "normal" binge-watching has become. The survey found that 73% of streamers have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Binge-Watching TV Could Lead to Early Death: Study
So, if you didn't already know—sitting around for hours at a time to binge-watch season two of Orange Is the New Black isn't exactly good for your health. A new study shows couch potatoes could be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Fix Our Binge Spoiler Alert Problem
We live in "confusing times," writes Rex Sorgatz at Medium , and any fan of good shows will know exactly what he means. Did you finish House of Cards or the new Tina Fey show on Netflix? Great, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watching 5 Hours of TV a Day Could Kill You
Here's a study to make you get off the couch. Researchers from Japan's Osaka University found that watching more than five hours of TV a day can make you six times more likely to suffer a fatal blood...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Netflix: Here's When People Get Hooked on Shows
If you're hoping to avoid adding another TV show to your must-watch list, Netflix has a plan to help you out: All you have to do is skip a particular episode and you should be in the clear. Well,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watching TV Can Kill You 8 Different Ways
Need a reason to watch less TV? Here are eight: cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, influenza/pneumonia, Parkinson's, liver disease, and suicide. Scientists are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dictionary Names Its Word of the Year
Collins Dictionaries is out with its top 10 words of the year—and its accompanying definitions are pretty amusing. Here's a sampling, with "binge-watch" taking the No. 1 spot: Binge-watch: "To watch a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Yorker Sets World Record for Binge Watching
Binged a full season of True Detective ? Amateur. Took in all 62 episodes of Breaking Bad in one sitting? Not impressed. That's because 25-year-old Brooklyn resident Alejandro Fragoso just set the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Binge-Watching Can Make Your Love Stronger
Sure, you could find more imaginative—and intimate—ways of spending time together. But if at the end of the day you find yourself camped out in front of the TV watching a favorite show with your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Most Pay-TV Subscribers Keep It for One Reason
The day of the couch potato is gone in one sense: We're not necessarily on couches when we binge on video content. But it's alive and well in another: We're watching a heck of a lot of content, usually...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Half of Netflix Bingers Watch a Season in a Week
Netflix's binge-watchers are not screwing around. The streaming service released a survey today intended to show how "normal" binge-watching has become. The survey found that 73% of streamers have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Netflix Shows That Will Make You a Couch Potato
If you've ever settled into the sofa on a Friday night, remote in hand, and not come up for air until Sunday evening—you may be a Netflix addict. You're not alone, per Deadline , which notes the media...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Fix Our Binge Spoiler Alert Problem
We live in "confusing times," writes Rex Sorgatz at Medium , and any fan of good shows will know exactly what he means. Did you finish House of Cards or the new Tina Fey show on Netflix? Great, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watching 5 Hours of TV a Day Could Kill You
Here's a study to make you get off the couch. Researchers from Japan's Osaka University found that watching more than five hours of TV a day can make you six times more likely to suffer a fatal blood...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Netflix: Here's When People Get Hooked on Shows
If you're hoping to avoid adding another TV show to your must-watch list, Netflix has a plan to help you out: All you have to do is skip a particular episode and you should be in the clear. Well,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watching TV Can Kill You 8 Different Ways
Need a reason to watch less TV? Here are eight: cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, influenza/pneumonia, Parkinson's, liver disease, and suicide. Scientists are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dictionary Names Its Word of the Year
Collins Dictionaries is out with its top 10 words of the year—and its accompanying definitions are pretty amusing. Here's a sampling, with "binge-watch" taking the No. 1 spot: Binge-watch: "To watch a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Yorker Sets World Record for Binge Watching
Binged a full season of True Detective ? Amateur. Took in all 62 episodes of Breaking Bad in one sitting? Not impressed. That's because 25-year-old Brooklyn resident Alejandro Fragoso just set the...
View Article
