在各類電視節(jié)目多如牛毛的時(shí)代，有時(shí)候我們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)一些節(jié)目口碑并不佳，但收視率卻也不低，罵的人多看的人也多。有人說(shuō)，之所以看一檔很爛的節(jié)目就是為了更好地批評(píng)它。這樣的觀看行為好像國(guó)內(nèi)外還都不少呢。

Hate-watching (also often appearing as hatewatching) is the activity of regularly watching a television program which you think is extremely bad, and doing so specifically because you have the intention of criticizing it, from which in turn you derive a considerable amount of pleasure. People who partake, dubbed hate-watchers, don't usually do so in isolation, but communicate their feelings via social media to a group of like-minded viewers, who revel together in the opportunity to grumble about the program's inadequacies.

Hate-watching（也可以拼作hatewatching）指定期觀看一檔你認(rèn)為非常爛的電視節(jié)目，這樣做是為了對(duì)這個(gè)節(jié)目提出批評(píng)，而你則從中得到極大的滿足感，我們可以稱之為“批評(píng)式觀看”。這樣的觀眾被稱為“批評(píng)式觀眾”，而且他們并不是單獨(dú)行動(dòng)，而是通過(guò)社交媒體與持有相同觀點(diǎn)的其他觀眾一起交流，他們?yōu)檫@個(gè)目的聚在一起，肆意聲討那檔節(jié)目的不足之處。

But it's not just TV programs that can be hate-watched, but also the people or characters within them. Sometimes a show might be basically okay, but contain one particular annoying or unconvincing character which will allow viewers to indulge in smaller bouts of hate-watching. And of course reality shows invariably provide a raft of individuals from which hate-watchers can pick and choose – the self-important candidates in the BBC's Apprentice series are a classic example of hate-watchable types. (Source: macmillandictionary.com)

不過(guò)，批評(píng)式觀看并不限于電視節(jié)目，節(jié)目中的某個(gè)人或角色也有可能成為批評(píng)觀看的目標(biāo)。有時(shí)候，某檔節(jié)目可能大體上還不錯(cuò)，只是有一個(gè)特別惹人厭惡或不具說(shuō)服力的角色會(huì)讓觀眾小規(guī)模地進(jìn)行批評(píng)觀看。當(dāng)然，真人秀從來(lái)都能為批評(píng)式觀眾提供大量可供選擇的批評(píng)對(duì)象，英國(guó)廣播公司的求職真人秀節(jié)目《學(xué)徒》里面那些自命不凡的選手就是典型的可供批評(píng)觀看的對(duì)象。

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