channel surfer
Restless TV watcher
A channel surfer is someone who flips rapidly through television channels, sampling programs without committing to any: He's such a channel surfer—never watches anything for more than two minutes.
The term emerged with cable television's proliferation of options.
Channel surfing is the activity itself.
- remoteDistant or controller
- remote controlWireless device operator
- couchUpholstered seating furniture
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- zappingDelivering sudden voltage
bored · flipping · cable · basic cable · commercials · commercial break · lazy · sofa · screen · clicking · restless · programming · viewer · potato · broadcast · sitcom · news · static
- spectatorsviewer, watcher, onlooker, observer, audience
- lazybonescouch potato, lazybones, lazy bones, loafer, sluggard
viewing commitment/engagement
channel surferbinge-watcher
One who streams continuously
fan · subscriber · cord-cutter
channel, surfer, channels, channeled, channeling, surf, surfs, surfed, surfing