I have the impression that most sims will turn on the romantic channel when they watch tv. Some channels are hardly ever watched.In my game I have a variety of sims living very different lives. Such as the Mayor and other politicians, and loads of sims owning stocks and investing etc. I find it weird that hardly any of those watch the News instead of Downton Abbey. Also, there doesn't seem to be a connection between TV and their needs, other than turning the TV on when low on Fun.I wish there was a way to set each sim's (or at least those we care for) tv channel preference. Is there any such mod?

I don't know of a mod, but it seems like Romance channel is the most popular, followed by comedy. Sims really want the ones that affect their emotions instead of the ones that give them skills. When I choose, I usually have them watch Cooking.

Mine tend to gravitate towards the sports channel.

My current Sim seems to prefer TV Classics.

"Beardedgeek;c-17407762" wrote:My current Sim seems to prefer TV Classics. Yeah my current sim likes the tv classics. My previous sim seemed to like watching kids channels but I think she had the childish trait.

Whenever I have my Sims "channel surf", 9 times out of 10 they'll watch Action. The other 1, they'll put on kid shows. I've never had one of my Sims end up on any other channel, unless it's a visitor watching TV, but most of the time they'll put on movies.

Do sims have individual TV channel preferences?

29 Replies

PhantasmKiss
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I don't know of a mod, but it seems like Romance channel is the most popular, followed by comedy. Sims really want the ones that affect their emotions instead of the ones that give them skills. When I choose, I usually have them watch Cooking.
CaprianaB
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Mine tend to gravitate towards the sports channel.
Beardedgeek72
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
My current Sim seems to prefer TV Classics.
elliebreton
Legend
6 years ago
"Beardedgeek;c-17407762" wrote:
My current Sim seems to prefer TV Classics.

Yeah my current sim likes the tv classics. My previous sim seemed to like watching kids channels but I think she had the childish trait.
Simmerville
Legend
6 years ago
Ah, so maybe there are certain preferences based on traits, already? I might have been "unlucky" that most my students in a dorm prefer Romance then, although it doesn't quite fit with the lifestyle of them all. Maybe the game thinks that single YAs likes romantic series... Perhaps this could be a future experiment project, testing tv vs traits :)
DevilNDisguise7
6 years ago
Whenever I have my Sims "channel surf", 9 times out of 10 they'll watch Action. The other 1, they'll put on kid shows.
I've never had one of my Sims end up on any other channel, unless it's a visitor watching TV, but most of the time they'll put on movies.
bshag4lv
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Some of my sims seem to be drawn to civil access, news, weather, tv classics and movies, oh and the athletic sims love sports tv. What I like is that the sims watch pretty much the same thing every time they turn on the tube.

Foodie sims love watching cooking channel and cooking videos, and that's about all they watch. :D
Purrloin9
6 years ago
Don't think so. I've not noticed anything to indicate that. Now that you bring it up, I wish it was something we could choose for them in CAS.
Sendillin
6 years ago
All of mine seem to go for cooking or that kids action movie. Is is supposed to be a Spy Kids parody? I never catch my sims watching anything else.
Kimmer_one
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
My Sims seem to like children's channel or cooking channel the most.