{"id":203436,"date":"2025-12-26T23:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/203436\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T23:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:33:09","slug":"why-we-get-hooked-on-rubbish-tv-series-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/203436\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we get hooked on rubbish TV series | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Imogen West-Knights\u2019 TV viewing habits are more common than many realise (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/dec\/15\/tv-binge-watching-episodes-house\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I hate this TV series I\u2019m binge-watching, yet I\u2019m on track to complete all 177 episodes. Why am I doing it?, 15 December<\/a>). Media is consumed like any other product, and streaming platforms make this process easier than ever. Progress is meticulously logged on screen, offering a sense of achievement that can encourage what might be termed \u201chyperconsumption\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rewatching familiar series removes the \u201chit or miss\u201d experience often associated with streaming services, where quality varies. West-Knight may be experiencing a compulsion rather than addiction. Even when the viewing experience feels like a miss, the satisfaction of completing a series can outweigh the lack of enjoyment. And being a \u201ccompletist\u201d has never been easier, thanks to streaming services.<br \/>Prof Craig Jackson<br \/>Birmingham City University<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"> Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2025\/dec\/26\/mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city\/town\/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.\" data-link-name=\"in body link \" https:=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tone\/letters\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">letters<\/a> section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imogen West-Knights\u2019 TV viewing habits are more common than many realise (I hate this TV series I\u2019m binge-watching,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-203436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}