I watch a lot of scripted TV, but I also like to watch sporting events. I have found that there is a large difference between watching the two. One lets the viewer watch someone else's life and the other can be a lot a more involved for the viewer. However, each has it's merits and they will be examined in the next few paragraphs.
When I am watching a TV show, I prefer to not really talk to other people so that I can better concentrate on the story that is unfolding before me. On the other hand, I think of watching a game as a social activity and I prefer to watch sports with someone else. I only talk or, more often, yell at the TV when I am watching sports. However, on the rare occasions I do talk at the characters in whatever TV show I am watching, it is usually much more direct.
Yet what really sets the two apart is how much I can be invested in a sports team over the characters in a TV show. I know people, and can be one of those people, that seem to be emotionally involved with a sports team. What I mean by this is that when a sports team does good or bad it can evoke emotions in someone that a TV show does not.
In the end, both forms of TV can, depending on the person, have enormous entertainment value, but at the same time each of them give the viewer something different. I have found this to be very fulfilling as a TV watcher.
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