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[Teacups]

That Americans now watch 160 hours of TV a month. I am shutting mine down..............total waste of time!! Heard this on the radio news.

[terrier3]

Yes...the only mediums that LOST time were radio and newspapers.

TV was up even more than internet. But 80% of people surveyed were online AND watching TV at the same time.

[Puzzle Piece]

I don't know. I don't watch all that much as I find most of the shows predictable and not that good.

[NoelSeven]

Watching TV does not have to be a waste of time, far from it. It depends on what you watch. I've never watched a Housewives show but I do like to watch NOVA, Masterpiece Theater, and a recent show detailing the battle of Gettysburg.

It's like most things in life, it's what you make of it.

[Teacups]

Noel I agree with you as I watch History etc...but that much? Sitting too much...I noticed that with my parents....they were always watching TV. If you watch good things you can educate yourself.

[Irshgrl31201]

That is 40 hours a week, a full time job! No, I do not watch even close to that. I have shows that I like and I DVR most of them. I save them so they cannot be erased and then I watch them when I have time. My schedule for TV watching varies so greatly. Some weeks I may watch about 10-12 hrs a week and then I will go for 2 weeks and not watch it at all. The only show I do not miss is Jeopardy. I watch that every night and if I am not home by 7, I watch the recording when I get home.

I don't get any of my news from television either. Well, I will occasionally watch Brian Williams before Jeopardy if I happen to be home but I get all my news online and have several different papers delivered to our house daily.

I do think people watch way too much TV but the numbers you gave both surprised me and saddened me. Wow, that is way too much. I cannot imagine watching as much television as a full time job. Americans do watch a lot of tv though, when I am in Australia, I would say more than half of the people I Know there don't even own a tv. People there are very rarely in their homes, they are out and about and when they are home they connect with each other, not with television or social media.

When I was growing up, I could watch 8 hours a week and my mother monitored it. I hated that at the time but as I have gotten older I do appreciate it. I see the bad TV habits some of my friends have. I ended up doing the same with my daughter. She could watch 10 hours though and there was no TV in her room.

[cody2]

On 6/5/2014 NoelSeven said:

Watching TV does not have to be a waste of time, far from it. It depends on what you watch. I've never watched a Housewives show but I do like to watch NOVA, Masterpiece Theater, and a recent show detailing the battle of Gettysburg.

It's like most things in life, it's what you make of it.

And don't forget Check Please. Love that.

[cody2]

We rarely turn the television on except for watching the news during dinner and baseball games. I still enjoy reading the 3 newspapers that we get in the morning.

[tansy]

On 6/5/2014 cody said:

On 6/5/2014 NoelSeven said:

Watching TV does not have to be a waste of time, far from it. It depends on what you watch. I've never watched a Housewives show but I do like to watch NOVA, Masterpiece Theater, and a recent show detailing the battle of Gettysburg.

It's like most things in life, it's what you make of it.

And don't forget Check Please. Love that.

Me, too! I am trying to knock off 10 pounds but I watched three episodes I had recorded this morning :-)

[Azcowgirl]

I have it on as background white noise, while doing project etc, but I never actually "sit down" to watch it.