If you are an avid TV watcher like me, then you know that hiatus season is one of the worst times of the year. It is the period between late November and January where anything that is worth watching is put on hiatus. This terrible act sends everyone spiraling into a lost and confused state of complete and utter boredom.
Television becomes a barren wasteland — there's almost no reason to even turn it on. At first you have hope that this year, it won’t be so bad. You’re even excited about all of the opportunities this free time could afford. You could read a book, spend time with your friends, go outside, or even catch up on all of the shows you’ve been binge watching. But one week later, you find yourself sitting around twiddling your thumbs, not even knowing what to do with yourself. All of that free time doesn’t look so great anymore.
What’s worse is that this time void has to be filled with something, so you begin to start reevaluating your life choices. A lot of your friends probably judge you for how much TV you watch and normally, that bounces right off - because who cares what people are saying when something insane just happened on Scandal? But during hiatus season when there are no distractions, that judgment starts to sink in. You start to reconsider how much TV you watch. You may even begin to think that all of your shows are a waste of time, especially because you barely understand what’s happening on The Blacklist anyway. Hopefully, though, you don’t let those terrible thoughts get too far, and you find a good Netflix show to keep you distracted.
Not only that, but the TV executives picked the absolute worst time to do it. That’s right - they picked the winter; holiday season. The time when everyone is off of work and school and going home to see family, a time when we need TV the most. How else am I supposed to get through Thanksgiving dinner if I don’t have The Mindy Project or New Girl to look forward to? What am I supposed to talk about with the family members I see twice a year if nothing new has been on for weeks? Also, it's winter: No one is going outside in ten-degree weather. So now I’m stuck staring at the walls of my dorm room, forced to face the reality that I may have to talk to my roommates.
TV executives, you have dropped us in our hour of need. You have left us hanging. And the worst part is that as soon as that first show comes back on, we come running back. We crawl right back into the comforting embrace of our weekly line up because we simply can’t help ourselves.
