Cats and TVs... Have You Noticed?

This may be a rather odd question :-) but I'm going to ask it anyhow. I don't think that ours can possibly be the only cat on the planet who enjoys watching TV? Have you noticed your cats paying attention to certain programs or types of movements on the TV screen? Our cat used to sit in front of the TV when a few shows or channels were on... The Weather Station, SpongeBob Squarepants, and Dora the Explorer. What a combination!

When we got rid of the cable late last year because no one was watching TV any longer (well at least no humans!) I noticed that the cat often sat there expecting us to turn it on... but there was nothing to see. I bought a video of butterflies as an experiment and sure enough she sits there and watches it when I play it now. There's one certain part of it, caterpillars crawling on leaves, where she always goes right up to the screen and is fixated. That's the only part of the video she'll do that for!

What has your experience with cats and the TV been?

Actually, you know what? I've never noticed it before, but yes, my cat DOES enjoy watching TV. Wow. She loves sitting in my parents TV room. She'll sit in one of the chairs in there for hours on end, just staring at the TV. It doesn't even need to be on for her to do it. I always knew she loved that room, but the more I think about it her favorite rooms-and spots-have been those with a commonly watched TV. That may explain why she no longer sleeps with me and only with my sister. Huh. Pretty interesting. I wonder why that is? Perhaps they just enjoy the moving colors and nice noises.

It might also explain her fascination with my computer, since I'm always on it. She enjoys laying on my keyboard and watching me play games. A few, like Crysis, she would actively watch (sometimes she talks while doing it, it's pretty funny) Ever since I got my new headsets she hasn't done it anymore, though. So perhaps it has something more to do with the sounds?

My cat definitely likes to watch TV! Usually the more action-packed the show or movie is, the more it captures her attention. She'll sit right in the middle of the floor and stare at the screen. She's also very captivated by the cursor on the Wii menu. She likes watching video games, too!