channel surfers
Never settling viewers
Channel surfers are people who flip rapidly through television channels, sampling what's on without committing to any program.
The term captures the restless, wave-skimming quality of the behavior—never settling, always seeking something better: Channel surfers rarely watch anything for more than a few minutes.
The practice became widespread with the remote control.
- remote controlWireless device operator
- remoteDistant or controller
- couchUpholstered seating furniture
- couch potatoHabitual sedentary TV watcher
- flippingTurning over rapidly
flip through · bored · television · zapping · scrolling · commercials · commercial break · lazy · cable · cable box · clicking · restless · sofa · binge · potato · screen · browsing · networks
- audiencesviewers, listeners, spectators, watchers, live audience
- watcherswatcher, birdwatchers, watchman, lookout, sports fans
channel surfersloyal viewers
Consistently returning audience members
binge-watchers · superfans · season pass holders · captive audiences · cult followers
channel, surfer, channels, channeled, channeling, surf, surfers, surfing, surfed