# Which TV shows do you avoid watching so you can catch them on DVD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268 "2005-02-15T22:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/1 "2005-02-15T22:22:53Z")
I really enjoy watching TV series on DVD. I enjoy it so much, in fact, that I find my viewing habits of regular TV has changed. Now I’m actually avoiding some shows just so that I can watch them on DVD. The two that I’m currently avoiding are **Lost** and **24**. So anyone else have a show that they’re not watching on TV just so that they can watch it on DVD? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/2 "2005-02-15T22:32:08Z")
I, too, am avoiding **Lost** , since I missed the first snivelpeen episodes and didn’t want to come in in the middle. I’ll catch it on DVD, since I’ve heard it’s good. Same with **Deadwood** , although that’s a snap to avoid, since I cancelled HBO two months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/3 "2005-02-16T01:55:12Z")
I have never in my life ever seen a TV show on DVD. Been thinking of getting the Red Dwarf DVDs but I just can’t bring myself to pay money for something I should get for free. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/4 "2005-02-16T04:26:11Z")
I’ve never seen Carnivale or Deadwood or the majority of Six Feet Under, but I will eventually rent them all on DVD. Of course, I don’t get HBO. I’m also a bandwagon-jumper who only started watching Scrubs this season. I look forward to the upcoming DVD set of the first season, so I can catch up. Other than that, I try to watch the few shows I like as they come on (Arrested Development, 24, The Shield, Justice League Unlimited). ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/5 "2005-02-16T14:19:24Z")
I’ve never seen the Sopranos on HBO but I own four seasons of the DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/6 "2005-02-16T14:22:34Z")
Seasons 2 and 3 of 24 I watched on DVD, and barely finished season 3 before season 4 started. Smallville is also DVD series, but the bastards who make the DVD’s don’t put out the last season beore the new one starts. :mad: I would prefer to watch it as it happens, but I can’t. So I have to buy season 3, watch it, then wait for season 4, watch that, and odds are, season 5 will already have started. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/7 "2005-02-16T18:23:08Z")
I do not have TV, but I have watched _The Sopranos_ on DVD as the seasons are released. I also watch _South Park_ and _The Simpsons_ on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/8 "2005-02-16T18:29:26Z")
I am hoping Desperate Housewives comes out on DVD well before Season 2. I would rent or buy them to catch up with my wife’s favorite show. (Unless of course they run them in order this summer…) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/9 "2005-02-16T19:35:08Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > I really enjoy watching TV series on DVD. I enjoy it so much, in fact, that I find my viewing habits of regular TV has changed. Now I’m actually avoiding some shows just so that I can watch them on DVD. The two that I’m currently avoiding are **Lost** and **24**. > > So anyone else have a show that they’re not watching on TV just so that they can watch it on DVD? I watched seasons 1 and 2 of “24” on DVD. It was certainly more fun to watch the shows on DVD – you didn’t have to wait a week between episodes, and you didn’t have to wait through the commercials. But once I got hooked on the show I found that I simply could not stand to wait until the DVDs for season 3 came out. I simply had to know what happened NOW. So I watched that season “live”. I’m watching season 4 now. No way could I wait for the DVDs. Ed ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/10 "2005-02-16T20:07:44Z")
ALIAS. I saw one episode while it was already in its second season, so I got the first on on DVD and watched the whole thing in 3 sittings. I’ve waited for the DVD of each season ever since. Great binge viewing! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-shows-do-you-avoid-watching-so-you-can-catch-them-on-dvd/290268/11 "2005-02-16T21:25:04Z")
Ditton on 24 (haven’t seen one episode yet, but I’m keeping an eye on the DVD sets on e-bay.) Arrested Development Sopranos (have S1-4 but am only up to S3) The Office (not even sure if it’s avail in US)