take up **
latch on
fasten on
hook on
seize on

And if young people are hooked on these programs, whatever else is said about them does not matter.

Because I can't help but be hooked on the show!

When pulled, a fish is hooked on the following page.

What happened was just this: I got hooked on the story.

But two weeks into the program, he was hooked on cooking.

People say and do things that don't benefit them, just because they're hooked on attention.

He had never met anyone before who was actually hooked on tobacco.

Once the kids are hooked on an easy fix, they'll pay anything for more.

Worst of all, I was completely hooked on the case.

She has been hooked on drugs for years, and is in really bad shape.