# Guys, do you watch Lifetime? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853 "2003-12-13T23:35:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/1 "2003-12-13T23:35:19Z")
I’m sitting here watching “Good Fellas” on–can you believe it?–_Lifetime Channel for Women_. I don’t know why it’s on Lifetime, but I must say it’s better than their usual fare. Are guys embarrassed when they watch a movie or show on Lifetime? Sometimes I’m embarrassed, and I’m a woman. Are there shows on Lifetime that appeal to men? Spike TV shows stuff like “Star Trek: Next Generation” and “Blind Date” which appeal to men and women, but Lifetime seems to target a more specific audience. I’m just curious if this is the case. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/2 "2003-12-14T00:33:49Z")
I don’t watch channels, I watch shows. If the show I want to watch is on Lifetime then I watch Lifetime. And I am not ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Pythagras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Pythagras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythagras)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/3 "2003-12-14T00:37:38Z")
I have a dark little obsession with The Golden Girls. ---
**Author:** ![Xander\_Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ce73a5/32.png) [@Xander\_Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xander_Cane)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/4 "2003-12-14T00:48:27Z")
I have watched more lifetime then should be legally allowed. When my mom was sick and bed ridden, she would watch a lot of TV, most of it was lifetime and I would watch with her. Has anyone actually sat through a whole lifetime orginal movie? I have seen dozens and they all are about babies getting killed, kidnapped, abused, etc. by evil men (such as a boyfriend,husband,exhusband, father, etc.). I think lifetime is just trying to turn women into man-hating lesbians. Maybe it is just me… ---
**Author:** ![JackaRoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JackaRoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackaRoe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/5 "2003-12-14T00:49:12Z")
I am watching “Good Fellas” right now on LifetTime, but I agree with Otto. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/6 "2003-12-14T00:53:29Z")
Lifetime is one of the best sources of mainstream bondage scenes on cable TV. Furthermore, they often do it better than straight up adventure fare. Frex, their women in prison movies often dwell on cuffing and shackling scenes to exploit the pathos of the character being imprisoned. BTW, the 1-800-Missing series has been REAL good for bondage, and it’s also a very good series dramatically. I think because they’re a women’s channel they deal with damsel in distress scenes a little more easily than other channels. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/7 "2003-12-14T01:44:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monstro \* > \*\* Spike TV shows stuff like “Star Trek: Next Generation” and “Blind Date” which appeal to men and women, \*\* Spike also shows “Trash to Cash, with John DiResta” which appeals to us cheapskates from all sexes and walks of life. I have to say, as a woman, that even _I_ don’t usually watch Lifetime because most of the stuff on there doesn’t appeal to me. They used to have stuff I watched all the time, but lately - meh. I’m with Otto though, the idea or “branding” of a channel doesn’t really appeal to me\*, as I go on a show to show (or movie by movie) basis. (\*Not yet, anyway. When I’m king of the world watch for my “All MST3K, George Clooney and Cary Grant” channel though.) ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/8 "2003-12-14T01:51:46Z")
Every time I go over my parent’s house they are ensconced in some horrid Lifetime drama. My mom says she wants to change the channel, but my dad won’t let her!! Too funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mazikeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Mazikeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mazikeen)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/9 "2003-12-14T01:54:57Z")
Lifetime is a guilty pleasure of mine. Sure, a lot of their movies are full of recycled plotlines and cheesy acting, but sometimes when I’m working on a paper or some other project, I have it on in the background because it’s something that’s mildly entertaining yet not too distracting. It’s like the TV equivalent of a trashy yet fun novel. Can’t stand the Nanny though. Fran Drescher…brrr! ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/10 "2003-12-14T01:59:07Z")
I never watch the movies on Lifetime, but I watch the reruns of Golden Girls, the Nanny, and Mad About You. Over, and over and over and over… ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/11 "2003-12-14T02:19:00Z")
When I had cable I watched reruns of Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place on WE. …I’m going back in the closet now. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/12 "2003-12-14T02:33:51Z")
I’m embarassed but I like Mad About You. I used to use the excuse that I think Helen Hunt is hot but I just like the show. So I watch it on Lifetime. My mother also keeps it running on her TV 24/7 so whenever I’m visiting her I ususally see stuff on it. I just walk into the room and say “what are men doing bad now?” She usually shuts it off pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/13 "2003-12-14T02:55:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*I don’t watch channels, I watch shows. If the show I want to watch is on Lifetime then I watch Lifetime. And I am not ashamed. \*\* While I agree with that 100%, I’d also add that my remote rarely seems to find a show worth watching on Lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/14 "2003-12-14T02:58:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Guys, do you watch Lifetime? Only when I want to see women get abused. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/15 "2003-12-14T03:02:06Z")
Mad About You is on Lifetime now? I need to sign up for cable. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/16 "2003-12-14T06:03:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\* > > (\*Not yet, anyway. When I’m king of the world watch for my “All MST3K, George Clooney and Cary Grant” channel though.) \*\* I have to say, I would SO watch that channel. Constantly. Then I’d make my own channel with more of the same, but include _ER_ and Ewan McGregor, Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn movies. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/17 "2003-12-14T06:55:31Z")
Occasionally I do find myself trying to watch something on Lifetime or WE, but the incessant feminine hygiene ads cause me to channel surf away so consistantly that I’ve usually bailed on whatever show by the second break. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/18 "2003-12-14T12:41:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\* > (\*When I’m king of the world watch for my "All MST3K.) \*\* You’ll definitely got my vote! Oh I never watch Lifetime, usuallly while channel surfing I’ll pause long enough to notice it’s showing nothing I want to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/19 "2003-12-14T12:43:44Z")
oops change that to (You’ve). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853/20 "2003-12-14T15:48:36Z")
I catch the Nanny once in a while, but only to admire Fran’s minis. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-watch-lifetime/218853.md?page=2)