Very old man needing time to follow a TV show (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
soap opera
'tv show' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'very old man needing time to follow a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'very' could be 'so' (both can mean 'extremely') and 'so' is found within the answer.
'old' could be 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'man' could be 'r' (abbreviation for rook, a chess piece or 'man') and 'r' is present in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for soap opera that I've seen before include "Fair City or Coronation Street, say" , "Sentimental TV serial, sounds clean" , "Serialised domestic melodrama on TV or radio" , ""Coronation Street", for example" , "addictive programme?" .)