My husband and grand daughter loved to watch dusk dynasty. She gave him a duck dynasty hat for Christmas. He died jan. 15 this year. Last weekend she was here and I watched it with her. The pain was there but she loved it but when I am alone I can't watch anything we watched together. Still miss him so much. Brenda

During my husbands illness, we watched the movie Avatar, survivor and Boss too. I still watch, and make comment to his I can hear him say in my head. Silly but it makes him feel closer.

My wife passed away last September but was first hospitalized Aug. 16th. We watched the last episodes of the summer of Gold Rush and Falling Skies together the first week she was in the hospital. those were a couple of our favorite shows. Falling Skies hasn't come back on yet, but I have watched Gold Rush and wonder what she would have thought of certain things, and how she would have laughed as she did at other things. She also loved the news shows. During the times we couldn't be in the room we had them leave on CNN so she could at least hear the TV. She was out of it for the most part the last month, but I have read stories that most people know what is going on around them.

We faithfully watched all the Star Trek shows, Big Bank Theory, Two and a Half Men, and NCIS. At first, I couldn't watch any of these shows because we would have such a good time watching them. After two years, I'm back to watching our old favorites again though I still think of him while I'm watching them.

A new show that I have found is Full Throttle Saloon. It's reality about the world's largest outdoor biker bar in Sturgis. It's only open 10 days a year. My husband played in a band and loved the bar scene. His dream was to own his own bar one day. I know he would have loved this show even though he normally hated reality TV. We camped too, and if he was still here, I'm sure we would be planning a camping trip to the Full Throttle Saloon. LOL

Nessie from KY

Nessie,

My wife and I watched that show since it started and had planned to ride out to Sturgis one day but sadly never got to go.

Cliff and I used to watch "House" together - we were both big fans of Hugh Laurie from his comedy career, and were fascinated with him in this serious role, plus we were both science geeks. We used to joke that the show should be called "Dr. Brain Parasite" because that seemed to be the running solution to most of the episodes. I STILL cannot watch "House" - I just can't.

The first year after Cliff died, I couldn't watch most television shows, and the nightly news was always so horrific and upsetting, and like somebody else noted here, even the commercials could get you. So I started reading the news online, and for shows my sons and I took DVDs out of the library. I introduced them to all the old Star Trek series, and together we would have marathons of World War II or action-adventure movies. I think I have seen every submarine movie ever made, too. I could not stand anything with any kind of love story in it, so it was all the action movies and war movies, old comedies like The Marx Brothers and Three Stooges, and documentaries of all kinds. Thank God for the public library! I didn't force myself to watch the horror of the nightly news, nor put myself through all those "heart-warming Hallmark specials" about perfect families with happy endings so were so unlike ours. I didn't have to grit my teeth through the Valentine's Day jewelry ads or cry through the Father's Day ads either.

My kids and I spent good quality time together, we laughed together, we learned together, and we grieved together and healed together. Sometimes less (tv) really is more.

Love and Hugs,
Martha

My husband would watch sports on TV. He would watch the golf channel, soccer, basketball, football and sometimes hockey. He listened to sport talk show as we drove anywhere in the car. He enjoyed taking us to basket ball games and golfing. He got me and himself jersey and hat to wear. He bought me some new golf clubs and we played twice before he passed. I wish I was more willing to go golfing with him and more often. Sigh.....

My husband was a big NCIS fan, I haven't watched it since he's been gone. It wasn't my favorite anyway, but it wouldn't feel right if I watched it. Another was Avatar, I haven't watched it either. I enjoyed it with him.

I can't figure out the remotes most of the time, so I barely watch t.v. anymore. Maybe a movie now and then. If my boys are around and watching t.v. I might sit with them and watch- but then content is usually junk.

I'm not really all that daft; but I don't wanna learn how to operate the remotes. It's kinda like the bbq grill. I'm like monkey with a pencil trying to write; not a whole lot of finesse with either of those.

I have not been able to watch the TV shows my husband and I watched together. We really enjoyed Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire on HBO and I could not watch either of those. We also loved to watch SE Conference ball games (both football & basketball) and again I have not been able to watch either.

NASCAR. Football. I've watched neither (except for channel surfing) in their entirety since. Oh, wait - did watch the last 20 laps of the Daytona 500, at which point I threw my remote down in disgust when Jimmie Johnson won (is he actually human??). I love The Walking Dead, NCIS, anything on the Food Network -

This brings back a memory. When I was eight, my grandma died. My mom would send me downstairs to sit with my grandpa and watch Bonanza. And I would. I loved him. But only now, at age 57, and a widow, do I realize that he probably never even actually saw the shows, even though he was looking at them. I remember watching his face....

i have only recently been able to watch the shows dh and i watched together. for the first year after he passed, i rarely turned the tv on. it bothered my so much to see anything that we had seen together. i still do avoid watching some of the shows he would watch everyday.
marjoe's post reminds me of my grandfather as well. when my grandmother died, he said his life was done... that his life was buried at the cemetery. and he meant that. i had never seen anyone as devastated as he was. he lived for quite a few more years.... if you want to call it that. everyone moment of his life was spent missing his wife and wanting to be with her. he would even say that... he just wanted to go be with her. i now know how he felt. i know that devastation. i can only imagine how happy my grandfather was to see his true love once again. they must be so happy to be together again. as i will be one day also.
debby

It was Star Trek for us. We were both trekers. In fact, we got together as friends first just so we could see the movies. We always took a day off work for premiers. Now, a new movie is coming out and I can't even watch the preview. Needless to say I won't be going to see this film and I've never missed any of the movies. I've been a Star Trek fan since 1969, long before I met my husband.

In the beginning I couldn't concentrate enough to watch anything on television, but I could follow the storyline in a novel. The news was a favorite of mine, but that was too depressing after.

Now I watch Criminal Minds, NCIS, and the History and Food channels. TV has never been a big part of my daily life, I have always perferred a book. Sharon

I too haven't watched TV since my husband passed away in July. We used to enjoy watching together. I thought it was only me who felt this way. I love this group because I find out I am normal in my thinking. Marilyn