No other form of entertainment persuades viewers to tune in so reliably at a specific time, nor to watch a show live rather than recording and skipping the adverts.
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This makes it easy to browse the Web using Google Chrome without enlarging text, look at detail-rich pictures without having to zoom in, and watch a show without straining your eyes.
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Certainly, there are many who can work out the basics, and could be ready for lawyers to simply put ink-to-paper and file the agreement, but who wants to watch a show without conflict?
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The system will allow Android smartphone applications to be displayed on television screens and such integration as being able to watch a show on TV and a Twitter stream of people talking about that show at the same time.
They are instead forced to watch a new show one episode per week over the course of a few months.
He was among dozens of golfers who routinely rose in the early hours of Monday morning for the telecast, only to watch a horror show.
But you can read recommendations from previous guests, watch a slide show of the facilities, or see if any of your Facebook friends have a connection to the renter.
But the difference is do not make the Web into television -- television is its own media form and it's nice to sit and watch a television show that's great.
When a friend lost TV access for disciplinary reasons, De Luca helped the girl watch a favorite show by pointing her laptop at her own TV, essentially streaming the show through ooVoo.
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Instead, they are more likely to simultaneously IM their friends, work on homework, listen to downloaded music and watch a favorite television show or video.
It lets me choose what I want to watch, when I want to watch, whether a show I buy through my Apple TV or some foreign movie I stream on Hulu Plus that makes me feel like an artsy college student again.
When viewers have taken the time to watch the show in a little more depth, they are less concerned about the behavior of the characters.
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For a study published last year, researchers Jonathan Haidt and Jennifer A. Silvers invited nursing mothers to bring their babies and watch a clip from "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in which a musician paid moving tribute to his former teacher for steering him away from a life of crime and gangs.
"It's not until you sit in a room and watch the show that you know whether it works or not, " says Scott Arnovitz , senior vice president of TV packaging at talent agency International Creative Management.
While 80% of donors say they watch the show, donations on a whole rose just less than 1% since the show began, but that's not bad considering most charities struggled with massive donation drop-offs after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001--unless you were a Sept. 11-related charity.
It will be fascinating to watch how such a shift will affect the show moving ahead.
Only 2.7 million viewers on average watch the show the day of, a far cry from the 30 million-plus who tune in for News Corp.
"We all remember that watching TV on the couch with our friends was the greatest way to get the most out of a show, and with Watch Together, we've launched a 'virtual couch' where friends can have that same fun wherever they may be, " said Jay Samit, president of ooVoo.
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You can watch a repeat of Sunday's Scrum V show on our Scrum V extras page.
The SIHH watch show last week in Geneva was a study in contrasts.
Would you watch it if I had a speed skating TV show?
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But Mr. Newnam recalls several gatherings that bogged down when fans of a show he doesn't watch, "Breaking Bad, " waxed on about Walter White, Jesse Pinkman and other complex characters.
This is the second play for Flahive, a writer for Falco's Showtime show "Nurse Jackie, " and she proves a talent to watch, her characters deeply grounded and her dialogue profound without being flashy.
Evening commuters passed through Pennsylvania Station under the watch of officers with bomb-sniffing dogs, a show of force that offered comfort to some commuters.
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When we skimmed through live TV listings, we simply had to tap the large "Watch Now" button next to a listing for the show to turn up on screen a few seconds later.
If a show was live, I tapped a Watch button to immediately start watching it.
Recently Clarke was one of the driving forces behind the new National Football Museum in Manchester, where his project is on show until December, plus you can watch a film of him in action.
On the train I start watching a TV show I recorded on the Sky box last night but didn't have a chance to watch.
Saturday evening also saw an anticipated 700 million people watch state television's annual TV gala, a variety performance show in which Celine Dion sang her theme tune from the movie Titanic.
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