# What media have you consumed in a binge? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633 "2016-10-04T14:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/41 "2016-10-07T02:18:05Z")
I most recently binged on\* The Good Place\*…but that was pretty easy since there were only four episodes before tonight. 😃 I’ve been working my way through _The Office_(USA version) over the last couple of weeks. There are some great lines that I missed the first time around and it’s fun watching the character interactions develop over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/42 "2016-10-07T02:25:47Z")
It’s become something of a ritual for me to take a couple of days off work to binge the latest series of House of Cards. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/43 "2016-10-07T11:17:15Z")
When I was in bed with the flu back in grad school, I binge-read all the PG Wodehouse books in the university library, and they had a nearly complete collection. On DVD, I often binge-watch things like _The Prisoner, Columbo, Midsomer Murders_, over a weekend or during a working day at home. I’ve also binge-watched _Time Team_ on DVD or YouTube. I recently bought all 5 series of\* Call the Midwife\* and binge-watched most of it in one go over Labor Day weekend. I counted the number of deliveries shown–77 babies in total! ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/44 "2016-10-10T15:44:34Z")
I just finished a binge watch of Freaks and Geeks and I cried at the end. Why? The sitcom was based on a couple cliques of high school kids from the 1980-81 school year which was the same years I was a high school junior. The show was based on a fictional town in the east side of metro Detroit and I grew up in metro Detroit too, except on the west side. I cried, because the show was so well done, I felt like I was saying goodbye to a bunch of my school friends forever. Fox Network screwed around with the show’s schedule so much that they couldn’t get a large enough following and the network finally cancelled it after 1 season. The show had a large cult following. It is now on DVD and Netflix. It had such a great soundtrack and wonderful acting with people who spring boarded into lucrative acting careers after this show. Highly recommend it, especially if you went to high school in the early 80’s. It will bring you back. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/45 "2016-10-14T02:58:16Z")
Last Sunday, I finished watching “Made in America”, the final “The Sopranos” episode. It took me about two weeks to go through all six seasons. It was my third viewing of the series and, once again, I felt a little sad when the screen suddenly turned black. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/46 "2016-10-14T03:48:45Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I read the last two “A Song of Ice and Fire” books, AFFC and ADWD, straight through on the day they were published in about 24 hours. I didn’t read them that quick (that’s impressive) but I binge read all of the books in the series over a couple of weeks ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/47 "2016-10-14T05:14:31Z")
I binge watch a lot over the Internet when I’m in my apartment in Moscow. It beats watching imported shows with overdubbing (and most Russian-produced series, too). In the last few years, I watched every episode of _ **Mad Men** _, _ **Boardwalk Empire** _, _ **Boss** _, _ **A Place to Call Home** _, _ **Pawn Stars** _, but only up through season five or six, and probably some others I can’t recall off the top of my head. I tried watching _ **DS9** _ from the beginning, but it seemed the biggest things each week were where to put the kindergarden and Sisko moping over his wife. There’s been some overlap, since I also spend a lot of time in Canada with cable TV. Binge reading books? The Travis McGee series, most of Carl Hiaasen’s works, the Poldark series, and stuff like Alvin Fernald and Encyclopedia Brown when I was in grade school. No, I won’t go near a Star Trek novel any more. Tried 'em, didn’t like 'em. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/48 "2016-10-14T05:30:53Z")
Add the first few seasons of _ **24** _ to my list. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/49 "2016-10-15T17:39:29Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Add the first few seasons of _ **24** _ to my list. My M.O. for **24** was always to wait for the season to hit Netflix or Amazon Prime and then binge-watch in a day, along with Jack. Except I eat and occasionally hit the loo. The final bit in London was the only season I followed along as it aired. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/50 "2016-10-15T17:51:58Z")
Most of the time when I catch up on a series I’ll watch one or two episodes a week. The closest thing I came to a binge was when I was sick and watched the first three seasons of My Little Pony every day for nearly three months. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/51 "2016-10-18T05:27:38Z")
I don’t binge very often, but when I first got into _Doctor Who_, the spouse and I watched all of David Tennant’s and Christopher Eccleston’s episodes, and the Matt Smith ones that were available on Netflix at the time, in a couple of weeks. Starting with _Goblet of Fire_, I got each of the new Harry Potter books at midnight and read straight through until I finished them. As a kid I used to binge the kid mystery series: Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden, and the Three Investigators, as fast as I could get my hands on them. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/52 "2016-10-18T11:52:13Z")
I was a big Hardy Boys fan too. I had the first fifty books. (They were numbered back then) I binge watch the First 48 on the A&E web site. They have 15 seasons available. Love that show. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/53 "2016-10-18T12:36:39Z")
I binged the Hunger Games trilogy when they came out and also tore through all 7 Harry Potters a few years after the last one came out. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/54 "2016-10-18T13:22:49Z")
I don’t really binge-watch at home, but my sister’s been quite ill over the past year and we’ll indulge when I’m over at her place. Most recent series I can think of are the _Mr. Bean_ episodes, and season 1 of _The Man in the High Castle_. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/55 "2016-10-18T13:34:54Z")
Orphan Black. though you kind of need to binge-watch it at first to keep track of what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/56 "2016-10-20T02:04:51Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I’ve binged Rick & Morty, first season of American Horror Story, and Stranger Things. I regret nothing. Same. I discovered Rick & Morty a couple of months ago, and within a week had watched every episode at least twice. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/57 "2016-10-20T07:58:23Z")
The Order of the Stick, The West Wing, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (including the relaunch novels). ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633/58 "2016-10-20T08:51:51Z")
One of the pleasures of retirement is binge-watching! I’ve done all 20 seasons of Law and Order in a couple of months\* and watched the Extended Editions of the Lord of the Rings in one day. \*it helps than an ‘hour’ of US TV is really 48 minutes without adverts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-have-you-consumed-in-a-binge/767633.md?page=2)