Originally posted by: lordjedi
I disagree. I don't think this says anything about the state of the country. To answer your question, I'm probably down to an hour a day, since all the seasons just ended
Next Fall it'll be back up to about 2 hours a day, though it's usually spread out over a few days. I have a DVR, so I don't necessarily sit down everynight and get glued to the set. I usually reserve most of my tv viewing for the weekend.
I think it depends more on what people watch. I don't watch reality tv unless it has some kind of educational content (Mythbusters!). Yeah, most people watch crap (American Idol, Survivor, Big Brother, etc, etc), but there is some fairly good programming on TV, like Discovery Channel and History Channel.
Originally posted by: JediSage
Yes, it could be a stunt. However, It's still a bad reflection on the way this country is. How many hours of tv do we watch in a day? I'm trying desperately to curtail my viewing time, and to increase my reading time.
Yes, it could be a stunt. However, It's still a bad reflection on the way this country is. How many hours of tv do we watch in a day? I'm trying desperately to curtail my viewing time, and to increase my reading time.
I disagree. I don't think this says anything about the state of the country. To answer your question, I'm probably down to an hour a day, since all the seasons just ended
Next Fall it'll be back up to about 2 hours a day, though it's usually spread out over a few days. I have a DVR, so I don't necessarily sit down everynight and get glued to the set. I usually reserve most of my tv viewing for the weekend.I think it depends more on what people watch. I don't watch reality tv unless it has some kind of educational content (Mythbusters!). Yeah, most people watch crap (American Idol, Survivor, Big Brother, etc, etc), but there is some fairly good programming on TV, like Discovery Channel and History Channel.
Discovery and History, and Military, and all in that class make up a small minority of the available content (and let's be honest, American Chopper???). Think about what you're doing when you're watching tv..you slip into that receptive mode where all you do is soak up what's being sent to you. If you watched nothing but Masterpiece Theater (or something "educational") all day then I would say at least your content was good, but you're still just totally switching off your brain when in front of the tube.