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Last January, I decided that I was curious about my own media viewing habits. So I bought myself a little pocket-sized planner and proceeded to record every film, short film, and TV episode that I watched for the entire year. Once the clock ticked over to 2010, I entered it all into a spreadsheet for analysis, which is the entirety of the post that follows (well, not the spreadsheet itself, or any of the calculations, just the conclusions). Some of you may find it interesting, but it's mostly for my own purposes.

Year Overview

Over the course of 2009, I watched 108 feature-length films and approximately 30 short films. I also saw 812 TV episodes (comprised of 734 1-hour format, 71 30-minute format, and 7 HBO miniseries parts) from 40 different programs. This averages out to about 1 film every three days and about 2 TV episodes every day, or 2.6 pieces of media per day.

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Television Stats

The 40 TV shows I watched were: 30 Rock, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Bones, Burn Notice, Castle, Chuck, Criminal Minds, Dexter, Doctor Who, Due South, Eureka, Fringe, Generation Kill, Grey's Anatomy, Homicide: Life on the Street, House, Invisible Man, Legend of the Seeker, Leverage, Lie To Me, Life, Mad Men, Magnificent Seven, Merlin, NCIS, NCIS: LA, Numb3rs, Psych, Southland, Sports Night, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Stargate: Atlantis, Supernatural, The Good Wife, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Prisoner, The West Wing, and White Collar.

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( Film Stats )

My top five favorite films I saw this year were probably Let The Right One In, Pickup on South Street, Wendy and Lucy, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and Freaks. (Okay, and Star Trek.)