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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9851219" data-attributes="member: 18">I think it's very genre-dependent, and particularly how trope-heavy shows are, for me. There are lots of shows, maybe the majority of shows, which I could not background-"watch" whilst playing a game or doing housework or easy work or w/e. Any show which is complex or has strong acting or writing, I probably wouldn't/couldn't. But say, police procedurals with a fairly specific format, like Law & Order and the sub-L&Os, I dunno if I could watch some of those not as background, because they're insufficiently attention-holding, their plots too obvious, and so on. But they're kinda fun as background stuff. Comedies can be the same way, or deeply unserious stuff like Supernatural. And a lot of things you've seen before can easily become background-watching too, though if they're good enough it can be distracting. Like, most of TNG which I've seen all of at least twice (many episodes more), I could background-watch very easily, but some episodes are good enough that you'd rather watch them.I will say podcasts have largely replaced "having the TV on" for me though when doing stuff like laundry/dishes/etc. though.</blockquote>