The history of TV is, to an extent, the history of various genres and styles of entertainment going in and out of fashion. But I suspect there will always be a demand for background TV.

However, some shows are best viewed as simply “background” watches, as they require only a minimal amount of engagement to be entertaining.These shows are easy to “drop in” to, as it's ...

Background watchers: blink twice if you're OK. If you habitually have a TV show, movie, or podcast playing in the background while you do other tasks, you might be among the growing numbers of ...