watch party

plural watch parties

1. A social gathering for the purpose of watching a specific event or program on television.

   Each fall, my Saturdays are typically spent at college football watch parties organized by local alumni clubs and held at various sports bars.

   2012, Jeff Toister, Service Failure, page 176

   1 more example

   Twitter made the watch party global. It invited comments and conversation from fans and critics; series creators logged on to engage, and sometimes fight, with the audience.

   2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times