I hate TV

That is kind of a lie. I don't hate TV, I hate most of what is on it. It's not a semi-pompous "I'd rather read a book" or "I'd rather do something interactive", it's just I get bored of most television series or shows. I'm sure I'm not alone in this predicament. So I need your help if you're the same. I do like some TV, so I'll start here.

I loved seasons of the Scandinoir drama "The Bridge" and awaited each episode, I adored the BBC parody 2012 and the follow up W1A. I liked The Thick Of It and really enjoyed Sherlock and Luther was amazing. I watch Doctor Who and all the seasons of Star Trek. I liked ITV's Cracker back in the 1990s, recently watched like a fiend all the episodes of the sometimes difficult to follow French political drama "Spiral" and regularly end up watching other detective shows that are admittedly dated and poorly acted, like Taggart.

I've been recommended shows as "I know it'll be your thing" and ended up so, so bored of them after a few episodes. I'm not talking I dislike them per se, just I can't really be bothered making time to watch them, apathetic to them if you like. I've tried watching the stand out favourites people rave about Lost, 24 and Game of Thrones. All of them just annoy me by being so predictable or just so monotonous and, for a better way of putting it, long. I've watched hoping I'd get into it Battlestar Galactica and watched Firefly under some duress of my other half. I never caught on with Buffy, Angel or Xfiles back when I was younger, or really understand the appeal of many American made serials, even with British actors in them.

Like I say, I've had numerous series suggestions and I look into them and they just appear too daunting to attempt, combined with a complete lack of willing on my part as they seem so... magnolia. So boring. So monotonous. So expected, even or especially while they are attempting to be bombastic and novel. I think the "look at me, look at me" nature of them make me switch off. I want something to tease me in, almost surprise me that I've found it. Like Cracker, The Bridge or The Thick Of It.

I thought I'd found that with the BBC's recent series Happy Valley: it was acted okay, I enjoyed the overarching story but haven't watched past episode four. And yet I can't really say why. It should be up my street, it's based up north, police based and has some good actors in. But it's just a bit drawn out. The low key approach I was just hoping for back fired. It was too dull. I had a bad taste in my mouth from the first episode, but I listen to the voice inside that suggests this kind of attitude means I'll never enjoy anything new, so I continued and persevered for another three weeks and gave up.

This post is brought up after my other half just asked me to watch the Netflix original drama Orange Is The New Black. I have nothing really against it, but I can't be bothered watching it and paying attention. It would be okay as wallpaper TV, to have on while I did something more interesting, or perhaps snoozed on the couch. But that's not really watching TV, that's just having TV on. Similarly I couldn't really watch Fringe, I watched the odd episode but commitment to that much TV was beyond my patience so I left him to watch it whenever he liked and I dipped in and out of it. I didn't feel like I missed much story-wise and enjoyed the little of it I watched but I'm not tempted by more. I don't know how the story of Fringe ends, but I really don't care. I suppose I'll trip over the storyline on some page at some point or I'll find out by social osmosis, but I won't be tempted to watch it.

For the future however, I'm hoping I'll find out why I dislike series so much. I'm not after suggestions for series, I'm asking if anyone else is in the same boat when it comes to this. Could you please offer an explanation so I can at least understand how to try and enjoy series from the first episode. I just seem to dislike them from the start and then like a child sulk through them. Maybe there's no way through this and I should just take up a TV friendly hobby like knitting, doodling or snorting crack.