# How long do you give a TV series before deciding to keep watching? (Cashmere Mafia)

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**Created:** [January 12, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-give-a-tv-series-before-deciding-to-keep-watching-cashmere-mafia/433310 "2008-01-12T18:46:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-give-a-tv-series-before-deciding-to-keep-watching-cashmere-mafia/433310/21 "2008-01-14T07:46:47Z")

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I gave Studio 60 a full season to win me over…

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-give-a-tv-series-before-deciding-to-keep-watching-cashmere-mafia/433310/22 "2008-01-14T16:47:20Z")

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Just as **DrFidelius** said, the previews had better hook me or I won’t **start** watching. Husband won’t either - sometimes he’ll take my word for it that a show is worth watching, but usually he won’t. We don’t spend a whole lot of time together anyway in front of the TV - he usually goes upstairs at 6 PM or so so I watch primetime alone.

Books - I’ll give them maybe a chapter - but if it’s just terribly bad, a few chapters.

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**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-give-a-tv-series-before-deciding-to-keep-watching-cashmere-mafia/433310/23 "2008-01-14T18:47:04Z")

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I’ll give a book a few paragraphs or up to a longish description. I’ll know by how the author handles preliminary descriptions whether I want to keep reading or not.

In terms of TV, I like giving it a season or two and, if people like it, I’ll get the DVD or download a bunch. I don’t watch enough TV to be able to sort through all the crap to find the two or three shows that will be worth spending hours watching.

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