Hate-watching

Hate-watching is the activity of watching a television show (or a film[1][2][3]) while simultaneously hating its content or subject.[4][5][6]

History

The New Yorker described the short-lived Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as a show people loved to hate-watch, as "it was bad in a truly spectacular way—you could learn something from it, about self-righteous TV speechifying and failed satire and the dangers of letting a brilliant showrunner like [Aaron] Sorkin run loose to settle all his grudges in fictional form".[7]

Entertainment Weekly and other publications noted the difference between hate-watching and watching as a guilty pleasure.[8] "You wouldn't tune in every week to hate-watch a really "bad" reality show — that’s a guilty pleasure. Generally speaking, hate-watching requires a TV series with high ambitions and features a certain amount of aesthetic perfection".[9]

In a Los Angeles Times article describing the complexity of effects of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's appearance on Saturday Night Live as host, writer Mary McNamara references the hate-watching phenomenon as a reason that ratings alone are not an indication of support.[10]

On a February 2020 article, Spanish television reviewer Borja Terán described the concept of hate-watching as "audience enjoying watching shows to be able to criticize them", citing it as part of the reason behind the success of Telecinco and its reality show-based lineup (specifically mentioning Supervivientes, the nineteenth season of which had premiered the night prior to the post): "the viewer feels superior to the guinea pigs taking part in the televised competition. They feel better with themselves and evade from personal problems by spending energy torpedoing a mere entertainment they follow through a screen."[11]

Shows listed as "hate-watching"

See also

References
  1. In praise of the hate-watch - Little White Lies
  2. 'Midnight in Paris' and the Art of Hate Watching|Film School Rejects
  3. The Return of "The Oscar," an Unseeable, Unwatchable Flop|The New Yorker
  4. BBC - Culture - The joy of hate-watching
  5. 'Hate Watching' Is Mostly Just Being Embarrassed by Your Own Tastes|Jezebel
  6. Hate-watching, explained - Vox
  7. Nussbaum, Emily. "Hate-Watching "Smash"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  8. Are You Hurting Your Brain By "Hate-Watching" Bad Television? - GIZMODO
  9. Franich, Darren (August 16, 2012). "The Rise of Hate-Watching: Which TV shows do you love to despise?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  10. McNamara, Mary (November 27, 2015). "Why huge 'SNL' ratings won't help Donald Trump become president". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  11. Terán, Borja (21 February 2020). "'Hate-watching', el odio que ayuda a perpetuar éxitos televisivos". lainformacion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  12. Goodman, Tim (February 5, 2013). "Tim Goodman on TV's Newest Trend: 'Hate Watching'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  13. Nussbaum, Emily (April 27, 2012). "Hate-Watching "Smash"". The New Yorker. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  14. What does hate-watching mean? - Chicago Tribune
  15. Spangler, Todd (June 29, 2016). "Data Science Proves We Love to Hate-Watch TV". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  16. Haglund, David (December 28, 2012). "Why the Word of the Year Is Hate-Watching". Slate Magazine. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  17. Borrelli, Christopher (February 24, 2013). "What does hate-watching mean?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  18. 10 TV Shows You Love To Hate Watch, If You're Anything Like Us|HuffPost
  19. HGTV House Hunters Hate-Watching Studies|Apartment Therapy
  20. How to Hate Watch True Blood - Hate Watching True Blood|Esquire
  21. ‘Soooo trashy,’ say the many hate-watching Netflix’s ‘Singapore Social’|Coconuts Singapore
  22. Love Island: Why it's time to stop hate-watching the ITV2 show|The Independent
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