Friday Poll: Television Statistics

**Richard1** · July 8th, 2005, 03:13 PM

I found this stat last night, "According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube." To have the number added up kind of blew my mind. How many years will you have invested in your TV at 65? This is the link to the whole paper: http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/health...tv&health.html .

**arch0nmyc0n** · July 8th, 2005, 03:53 PM

Don't wathc TV much... maybe half hour or an hour in the morning swapping between comedy and news... and maybe an hour and a half at night to watch CSI and Family Guy.... on the weekend I don't usually watch much TV, I may toss in a DVD and watch it though... but most of my time I'm on my computer... if you took the same poll vs computer use I'd probably be one of the highest users on here...

PS to give you an idea, the game I play (AC2) had a double XP weekend a little while ago... on day I sat there for 16 hours straight... washroom breaks and microwave pizza breaks, and smoke breaks are not considered.... longest stretch without moving from the spot was about 9 hours... I'm a huge geek... and yes I have a life outside of the computer and a fiancee, soon-to-be-wife...

**Radical Dreamer** · July 8th, 2005, 06:24 PM

I'm not into the whole reality TV thing, and that and cRAP videos are all that seem to be on now a days. I dont watch my TV at all

**TechZ** · July 9th, 2005, 03:30 AM

I used to watch alot, then over the years it gradually reduced, now hardly a few hours a week, choice shows only. I prefer to rent DVD's and watch.

**emr** · July 9th, 2005, 04:01 AM

Don't have a tv.

**confus-ed** · July 9th, 2005, 06:35 AM

Mine's on a lot .. but I'm not necessarily watching it 'particularly', usually my kid (or somebody else's ! or in fact anybody but me) has control of the remote !

& even when the house is empty I'm quite often 'working' whilst at home & I'll be say 1/2 watching some recorded sport or whatever, whilst doing an install, & probably answering here all at the same time.

I suppose I'm 'watching it' for about 2hrs a day or so .. but its probably on a lot more one way or another.

**Platypus** · July 9th, 2005, 06:57 AM

I nominated 3-5 as that's likely to be how long the set runs, but I'm not sitting watching for that period. I see bits of things while I'm doing other stuff, news whilst cooking, etc. And sometimes I record and watch later like I've done with Dr Who tonight.

**Ferrit** · July 9th, 2005, 09:21 AM

Cant be bothered unless the US open ,British Open or the Masters is on
Other then that I cant stand TV
Its such crap
TV should be changed to TW Time Waster

**NooNoo** · July 10th, 2005, 05:30 PM

I watch TV when I have to do the ironing so that's a couple of hours on a sunday watching reruns of stargate or farscape or Dr who or whatever. I will sit down and watch Horizon when it is on (and get peeved when people talk to me when it's on). I watched Wonderfalls with my daughter on sky the other day - it was silly and random and we will probably watch it again next week. Aside from that Andromeda is the only other thing that currently gets my attention.

The TV is on when the children are in (whose children is often the question!) Cartoon Network with Fairly Odd Parents, Fosters and Ed Edd and Eddy being the current favourites.

**shamus** · July 10th, 2005, 05:31 PM

The reality crap...can't stand it. Public TV and sports mainly.

**inferno_gn** · July 10th, 2005, 10:33 PM

Hi there,

I only watch documentary (like science and nature stuff), along with CSI, Law and Order (by the way, what happen to the black dude with the new old guy?) and Anime if it is aired.

Ju Leon...

**confus-ed** · July 11th, 2005, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

..Ed Edd and Eddy being the current favourites.

I should think they are !

.. them 'Eds are all mad

**El_Squid** · July 15th, 2005, 09:01 AM

I watch mostly on weekends, Cartoon Channel's Adult Swim, for Trigun, Full Metal Alchemist, Ghost in the Shell, Futurama and such. Occassionally the Sci Fi, History or Learning channels and a good movie on TCM. Don't have much time for the TV otherwise.