Slashdot, recently published, a story based on a survey titled Unhappy People Watch More TV . The story says, quote:
A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as 'very happy' spend more time reading and socializing.
Cause-Effect notwithstanding, it got me thinking. I tried to come up with the tv series, sitcoms, I watched in 2008. The results were astonishing. I surprised myself. Before I say anything else, here are the results:
- Seinfeld - 5 seasons - 86 episodes
- 24 - 6 seasons + 24:Redemption - 145 episodes
- How I Met Your Mother - 4* seasons - 73 episodes
- The Big Bang Theory - 2* seasons - 26 episodes
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - 3 seasons - 61 episodes
- Scrubs - 7 seasons - 150 episodes
- 30 Rock - 3* seasons - 40 episodes
- Heroes[1] - 1 season - 23 episodes
- Flight of the Conchords - 1 season - 12 episodes
[1] Heroes is the only series I have decided to stop in between.
You do the math. Ok, I'll do it for you. That totals to
