The idiot box
The ratings company Nielsen recently published some interesting data on TV audiences in the USA.
Apparently the average American watches 34 hours 39 minutes of TV a week.
Based on my calculations that equates to just under 5 hours of telly a day.
Surely that can't be right?
Obviously Nielsen are experts in their field. But 5 hours a day?
The heaviest viewers are the oldies with people 65+ sitting in front of the box for 47 hours and 33 minutes a week.
Meanwhile teenagers watch less than half that.
But to come back to my original point - Are people in America really watching about 5 hours of telly a day?
posted by Stan Lee at 3:31 am
3 Comments:
I know nothing about these types of stats but I wonder what "watch" means?
I had the TV on most of last night but onyl sat down and watched about 1-1.5 hours. It would have been on for about 4-5 hours.
Good insight Daniel. As always.
My wife had our telly on for most of last nite. I was pottering on my laptop in front of it.
In my high school years (including VCE) I watched a minimum of 5 hours a day. I'd get home at 5, switch on the box and remain glued to it until the movie finished around 10:30.
Every night.
Weekends, I'd also pop in the Sunday Matinee.
So it's possible, but it does take an unusual (some may say pathological) level of commitment.
xk
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