All the TV I Watched in 2016

Inspired by Steven Soderbergh’s annual Seen, Read blog post, I decided in 2016 to document all the TV I watched. It was a useful exercise, if only because, unlike books, which I track on Goodreads, or Movies, which I log on Letterboxd, there is no such service for TV.

Forced to track everything myself by hand, I made a rule: I would only mark scripted shows. This means none of my almost-nightly viewings of Colbert are counted, nor are my frequent visits to the round table of Charlie Rose. Definitely cannot count my daily ritual of Pardon the Interruption, or my frequent watching of the CBS Evening News, either.

But everything else was counted, every day, for all 366 days of the year. Since I’m me, I’ve also tallied some numbers of a year of watching; you will find those at the end of this long list.

​1/1 Mary Tyler Moore (2), Leftovers (2)
1/2 Leftovers (2)
1/3 Leftovers, The Simpsons
1/4 Leftovers (2)
1/5 Leftovers, New Girl, Grinder, Brooklyn 99
1/6 Leftovers
1/7
1/8
1/9 Leftovers
1/10 iZombie
1/11 Robot Chicken, Mike Tyson Mysteries (2), Comedy Bang Bang (2)
1/12 New Girl
1/13
1/14
1/15 Comedy Bang Bang
1/16
1/17 Angie Tribeca (3)
1/18 Angie Tribeca (3)
1/19 Angie Tribeca (3), Agent Carter (2)
1/20 New Girl, Brooklyn 99, Angie Tribeca
1/21 Grinder, Bob’s Burgers, Leftovers
1/22 Leftovers
1/23 Leftovers (2), Children’s Hospital
1/24 The X-Files
1/25
1/26 New Girl, Brooklyn 99, Agent Carter
1/27 The Grinder
1/28 Jane the Virgin
1/29
1/30 Children’s Hospital, Leftovers (2)
1/31 Leftovers, The X-Files
2/1 Leftovers (2)
2/2 New Girl, Brooklyn 99
2/3 Muppets, The Grinder
2/4 Leftovers
2/5
2/6 Children’s Hospital, People vs OJ
2/7 Jane the Virgin
2/8 The X-Files (2)
2/9 Agent Carter
2/10 Muppets, New Girl, Brooklyn 99, The Grinder, People vs OJ
2/11 Jane the Virgin
2/12
2/13
2/14
2/15 The Americans
2/16
2/17 The Americans
2/18
2/19 The Americans
2/20 The Americans
2/21 The Americans
2/22 The Americans, Love
2/23 The Americans
2/24 New Girl, The X-Files (2)
2/25 New Girl, Brooklyn 99 (2)
2/26 Agent Carter (4)
2/27 Muppets (2), The Americans
2/28
2/29 The Grinder, Bob’s Burgers (2)
3/1 The Grinder, Jane the Virgin
3/2 New Girl, Brooklyn 9-9, Muppets (2)
3/3 Agent Carter
3/4 Children’s Hospital (4)
3/5 The Americans, Better Call Saul
3/6 Better Call Saul, Bob’s Burgers, Last Man on Earth
3/7 Better Call Saul, The Americans
3/8 New Girl, Agents of Shield
3/9 Carmichael Show
3/10
3/11 The Americans
3/12 The Americans
3/13 Love, Children’s Hospital, Better Call Saul, Bob’s Burgers, Last Man on Earth
3/14 Robot Chicken, Better Call Saul
3/15 New Girl, Brooklyn 9-9, Carmichael Show
3/16 Jane the Virgin
3/17
3/18 The Americans
3/19 Agents of Shield, Carmichael Show
3/20 Children’s Hospital, The Grinder
3/21 The Grinder, Robot Chicken
3/22 Jane the Virgin, New Girl, Better Call Saul
3/23 Agents of Shield, Carmichael Show
3/24
3/25
3/26 Children’s Hospital
3/27 Documentary Now!
3/28 Robot Chicken, Carmichael Show
3/29 Documentary Now!, Better Call Saul
3/30 Documentary Now!, Girls, Brooklyn 9-9
3/31 New Girl, Archer
4/1
4/2 Children’s Hospital
4/3 Jane the Virgin, Documentary Now!
4/4 Robot Chicken, Last Man on Earth, Bob’s Burgers
4/5
4/6 Brooklyn 9-9
4/7 The Americans (2), Archer
4/8
4/9 Children’s Hospital, Adult Swim Golf Classic, Better Call Saul, Bob’s Burgers, Agents of Shield
4/10 Bob’s Burgers
4/11 Last Man on Earth, Robot Chicken
4/12 Better Call Saul, Brooklyn 9-9
4/13 New Girl, The Grinder
4/14 Agents of Shield, Archer
4/15 Orphan Black
4/16 Children’s Hospital
4/17 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2)
4/18 Bob’s Burgers, Robot Chicken, Last Man on Earth, Better Call Saul
4/19 One Day at a Time S2E9, Brooklyn 9-9, New Girl (2)
4/20
4/21 Archer
4/22 The Grinder, Agents of Shield, Jane the Virgin, Orphan Black
4/23 Kimmy Schmidt, Carmichael Show (2)
4/24 Kimmy Schmidt (2), Last Man on Earth, Bob’s Burgers
4/25 Silicon Valley, Veep
4/26 Agents of Shield, New Girl
4/27 New Girl, Kimmy Schmidt
4/28 Jane the Virgin
4/29 Archer
4/30
5/1 Kimmy Schmidt (2), Silicon Valley
5/2
5/3 New Girl (2), The Grinder
5/4 Agents of Shield, Veep
5/5 Kimmy Schmidt, People vs OJ
5/6 Archer
5/7 Orphan Black (2)
5/8 SNL, Last Man on Earth, Silicon Valley
5/9 Robot Chicken, Kimmy Schmidt (2)
5/10 Kimmy Schmidt, New Girl (2)
5/11 The Grinder, Agents of Shield
5/12 Jane the Virgin, Veep, Archer
5/13
5/14 Orphan Black
5/15 The Americans (3), Last Man on Earth
5/16 Bob’s Burgers, Robot Chicken, Veep
5/17 Agents of Shield
5/18 Agents of Shield, Jane the Virgin
5/19 Archer
5/20
5/21 Carmichael Show (3), Orphan Black
5/22 The Simpsons, Silicon Valley
5/23 Bob’s Burgers (2), Veep
5/24 Carmichael Show, Game of Thrones S6E5
5/25
5/26 Archer
5/27 Orphan Black
5/28 Taxi
5/29 The Americans (3)
5/30 Silicon Valley, Veep
5/31
6/1
6/2
6/3
6/4
6/5 Archer, Carmichael Show
6/6 Silicon Valley, Veep, Angie Tribeca (2)
6/7
6/8
6/9 Orphan Black
6/10
6/11
6/12 Taxi, The Americans (2), Silicon Valley
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16 Another Period
6/17
6/18
6/19 Veep (2)
6/20 Silicon Valley, Angie Tribeca
6/21 Orphan Black
6/22
6/23 Another Period
6/24
6/25
6/26 Veep, Silicon Valley
6/27 Love (2)
6/28 Love (3)
6/29
6/30
7/1
7/2
7/3 Golden Girls
7/4
7/5 Brett Gelman’s Dinner in America
7/6 Love (3)
7/7 The Americans (2)
7/8
7/9
7/10
7/11
7/12 Angie Tribeca
7/13 Another Period
7/14 Mr Robot (2)
7/15
7/16
7/17
7/18 Angie Tribeca
7/19
7/20 Mr Robot
7/21
7/22 BoJack Horseman (2)
7/23 BoJack Horseman (4)
7/24 BoJack Horseman (3)
7/25 BoJack Horseman (3)
7/26
7/27
7/28 Angie Tribeca
7/29
7/30
7/31
8/1 Angie Tribeca
8/2 Mr Robot
8/3
8/4
8/5
8/6
8/7
8/8
8/9 Mr Robot, Angie Tribeca
8/10
8/11
8/12 Mr Robot, Another Period
8/13 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Another Period
8/14
8/15
8/16 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
8/17 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
8/18 Mr Robot
8/19 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
8/20 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2)
8/21 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Comedy Bang Bang (2)
8/22
8/23 Another Period
8/24 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2)
8/25 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
8/26 Mr Robot
8/27
8/28 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2)
8/29 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
8/30 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (3)
8/31 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2), Stranger Things (2)
9/1 Mr Robot, Stranger Things (3)
9/2 Stranger Things (3)
9/3
9/4
9/5 Another Period
9/6
9/7 Atlanta (2), Mr Robot
9/8
9/9
9/10
9/11 Son of Zorn
9/12
9/13
9/14
9/15
9/16
9/17
9/18 Wings S1E1
9/19 The Good Place (2)
9/20 Brooklyn 9-9, New Girl
9/21 Mr Robot
9/22 Agents of Shield, The Good Place, Atlanta
9/23 Atlanta
9/24 Deadwood
9/25 Last Man on Earth, Son of Zorn, Bob’s Burgers
9/26
9/27
9/28 Brooklyn 9-9, Agents of Shield
9/29 Billy on the Street, New Girl, Atlanta
9/30 Billy on the Street
10/1
10/2 Billy on the Street (2), People vs OJ (2), Last Man on Earth
10/3 People vs OJ (2)
10/4 Son of Zorn, People vs OJ, Brooklyn 9-9
10/5 Atlanta, New Girl, People vs OJ
10/6
10/7 The Good Place
10/8 People vs OJ, Another Period (2), Billy on the Street
10/9 Billy on the Street, Bob’s Burgers
10/10 Deadwood (2)
10/11 Deadwood
10/12
10/13
10/14
10/15
10/16
10/17
10/18
10/19 Brooklyn 9-9 (2), The Good Place, Last Man on Earth, New Girl (2)
10/20 The Good Place
10/21
10/22 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Agents of Shield, Atlanta (2)
10/23 Agents of Shield, Son of Zorn, Bob’s Burgers
10/24 Last Man on Earth
10/25
10/26 Atlanta, Son of Zorn
10/27 The Good Place, Jon Glaser Loves Gear
10/28 Jon Glaser Loves Gear, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
10/29 Billy on the Street (2), Agents of Shield
10/30 Deadwood (2), Jane the Virgin
10/31
11/1 Billy on the Street, Deadwood
11/2 Jon Glaser Loves Gear, Atlanta
11/3 Deadwood, The Good Place
11/4
11/5 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Agents of Shield, Adventures of Pete & Pete (2)
11/6 Jane the Virgin, Pitch, Bob’s Burgers
11/7 Last Man on Earth
11/8 Billy on the Street
11/9 Full Frontal
11/10 Jon Glaser Loves Gear, Deadwood
11/11 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
11/12 Billy on the Street
11/13 SNL, Last Man on Earth
11/14 Deadwood, Last Week Tonight
11/15 Brooklyn 9-9, New Girl
11/16 Billy on the Street (2), Jon Glaser Loves Gear
11/17
11/18 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Billy on the Street
11/19 Deadwood (3)
11/20 Bob’s Burgers (2)
11/21 Last Man on Earth
11/22 Brooklyn 9-9, New Girl
11/23 Friends
11/24 The Simpsons
11/25 Jon Glaser Loves Gear, Son of Zorn (2), Billy on the Street, Deadwood (2)
11/26 Billy on the Street (2), The Simpsons (2), Deadwood
11/27 Jane the Virgin, Bob’s Burgers, Gilmore Girls YITL
11/28 Deadwood, Taxi (2)
11/29
11/30 Billy on the Street
12/1 New Girl
12/2 Jon Glaser Loves Gear, Agents of Shield, Gilmore Girls YITL, Deadwood
12/3 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Deadwood
12/4 Gilmore Girls YITL, Last Man on Earth
12/5 Gilmore Girls YITL, Taxi
12/6 Brooklyn 9-9, New Girl, Billy on the Street
12/7
12/8 Jon Glaser Loves Gear
12/9 Agents of Shield, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
12/10
12/11 Deadwood, Last Man on Earth
12/12
12/13 Deadwood, Brooklyn 9-9, New Girl, Search Party
12/14 Search Party (2)
12/15 Jon Glaser Loves Gear, Deadwood, Search Party (2)
12/16
12/17
12/18 Deadwood (2)
12/19 Jane the Virgin, Billy on the Street
12/20 Search Party (3), Billy on the Street
12/21 Search Party (2)
12/22
12/23 Billy on the Street (2)
12/24
12/25 How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas
12/26 Mary Tyler Moore (2), Black Mirror
12/27 Black Mirror
12/28 Black Mirror
12/29 Mary Tyler Moore (2), Billy on the Street (2)
12/30 Mary Tyler Moore, Black Mirror
12/31 Mary Tyler Moore

Stats

• Days with TV: 285 / days without TV: 81
• TV shows watched: 58
• Episodes watched: 546
• Hours watched: 371.5
• Most episodes in one day: 6
• Most episodes of one show in one day: 4
• Most watched show (episodes): New Girl (32)
• Most watched show (hours): The Americans, Crazy-Ex Girlfriend (25)
• Shows watched only once: 13