My Cat likes Seinfeld, The Simpsons and DragonBall Z.
When they are on he sits in front of the TV set, ears perked, his tail undulating back and forth. Just like a human male, he whines for food and uses the bathroom during commercials.
I have a couple of cats. One does nothing except sleep (it seems). The other is stupid. Neither watches TV, so I guess this post doesn't exactly have anything to do with the topic. But, I just wanted to make sure the world knew that I have a really stupid cat in the house (makes me wonder where R. A. Heinlein and Mark Twain got their intelligent cats from...maybe the Winnipeg winter cold has zapped her brain).
Neither of the two cats I have (or that have me) pay any attention to the TV... but I did have one cat who just loved the nature programs and would actually try and chase the birds. If a bird flew from one side of the tv to the other she would continue past the side of the tv and try and figure out where the bird went.
The little one will watch TV. One time she came out to the living room and saw a huge snake on the TV and she hissed at it and ran back into the bedroom.
She'll stay and watch shows with big cats in them, though. It's so funny to watch.
Our animals all live outside. The cats watch the back door for thier next meal. Occasionally, they saunter over to the bird feeder and make a lame attempt at hunting and eat any raisins the cardinals missed.
we had a cat that watched tv she would look for the race cars to come out of the side of the tv when they passed by.
now i have a puppy that watches sometimes. i don't think it's anything in particular (people and animals). We just catch him looking at the tv and it's soo cute.