re: I think the current age of immediate media viewing may be harming our experience

It may knock out some of the discussion but not everyone likes to analyze the minutia of every episode.

Some shows, I like to pick to death some I prefer to binge.

I always wait for the season to end for Boardwalk Empire then binge it. This show is pretty straight forward and doesn't need any analysis.

I also like to wait until the end of the season for GOT but that has become impossible because new sites love to put spoilers in the damn headlines.

Lost was a great show to chat about each week, but I also love being able to watch the whole show without the excruciating wait.

I don't think it harms our enjoyment but it certainly is killing the bottom line of content providers when nobody watches the show on the original broadcast date.