Meanings
- informaluncountableMedia, especially television shows, which depict people enjoying unrealistic amounts of free time.
The characters of "Seinfeld" wallow obscenely in unscheduled time, as did the characters on "Cheers," probably the mother of all time-porn shows.
1994 May 23, Colin McEnroe, “Time porn”, in The Spokesman-Review2 more examples
Why the immense popularity of TV shows like Cheers, Seinfeld, and Mad About You? Because the characters never seem to do anything but hang out. They lure us through "time porn," the tease of a life with enough time and leisure for the friendships that we all covet and know we need but don't seem to make a priority.
1996, Leonard I. Sweet, The Jesus Prescription for a Healthy Life, Abingdon Press, →ISBN, page 38Who wants to have other people comment on your obsessive fifteen-hour viewathons of time-porn TV shows (where you ogle people with free time like other generations ogled flesh); […]
1997, Matthew Branton, The Love Parade, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 105
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