It does take a lot of time indeed. However, I use to watch an episode of a serie before I go to sleep. I can't sleep when I go to bed, first i've to watch TV for atleast an hour or so. (Yes, I could start reading, but I'm not really into reading). By watching (atleast) one episode a day (when I've got the time for that), I can you can follow the storyline quite well. Which improves the serie often .