***Grey’s Anatomy spoilers***
When you start watching a new show it’s like entering an
entirely new universe. New characters, new plots, and thousands of
possibilities. It’s also easily possible to get hooked on a show and want to
binge watch it for hours on end. But why are TV shows so addicting?
The
first thing I can think of is suspense. This is part of how writers keep you
coming back. You need to know if Meredith really dies, or if she ends up with
McDreamy, or if Burke really leaves Christina at the altar. Cliffhangers are a
great method of doing this. At the end of the season of the last episode, the
season finale, a giant mega bomb is usually dropped and then not resolved by
the end of the episode so you have to wait until the end of September to see
what happens. This helps bring in ratings and explains why season finales and primers
are the most viewed episodes.
TV shows also begin to feel like a
habit to people who regularly watch certain shows. They know that Grey’s
Anatomy is on on Thursdays at 7pm. This way people adjust their lives and their
daily routines for a TV show without even noticing it. People make sure that
they don’t work at a certain time and if they have to go to a kid’s basketball
game or party the make sure to DVR the episode or plan to watch it on the app
of whatever channel the TV show
Soon enough you find yourself sitting in
class daydreaming about 30 Rock and wondering what will happen on the next
episode. Your mind is filled with the theme songs of the shows you watch and
the plot twists and secrets that characters are keeping from each other. You
begin to wonder if a big, dramatic change will happen in the next episodes and
if you’re extremely dedicated to the show you will check gossip blogs,
Instagram, Tumblr, and YouTube to see what other people are saying about your
TV show.
For
shows that don’t are not dramas and don’t have regular cliff hangers at the end
of each episodes it can be the unique characters that bring you back every
week. For example, on Castle (A show I love, but haven’t had time to watch due
to school and homework and work.) has a wide variety of characters that are
lovable and, in some cases, relatable. My two favorite characters on Castle and
obviously Kate Beckett and Castle. I’ve always loved to the friendship and
romantic relationship between them and even though every episode ends with them
finding the murderer and ending the day with the case closed and no loose ends,
people still come back for the next case and so they can watch the relationship
between Kate and Castle and the rest of the team.
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