h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

But there's a show called While You Were Out that has the same basic premise as the first part of your proposal(and Andrew Dan Jumbo (not sure of the spelling, but most definitely sure of the ))

Now, why am I not surprised?

Obviously, I don't watch enough tv. But it's a natural, isn't it?

Bet they don't watch the paint dry, though...

That's why I said the first half

Frankly, just imagining what it took to get all wrapped up in watching people shop, or put on makeup, or whatever, just made me wonder exactly how bored you could get...

As a kid I wondered how my aunt could watch golf on television, a sport she didn't even play...that, in fact, no one in the family played at the time...

I've just heard on the radio that there was a chess tournament being held in Valencia. Now that's another round of relentless excitement...

Knight to Queen's Bishop 2. And the crowd goes wild...