Very old man needs time to follow a TV show (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
soap opera
'a tv show' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'very old man needs time to follow' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'extremely').
'old man needs' becomes 'apop' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'time' becomes 'era' (era is a kind of time).
'to follow' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'so'+'apop'+'era'='SOAP-OPERA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for soap opera that I've seen before include "Television serial" , "TV or radio series of everyday events" , "Sentimental TV serial, sounds clean" , "TV programme" , "that might involve The Woolpack?" .)