talkpolitics | Got to move these Color TeeVees

Attack another country month starts an opening volley on TVLand (OK it is a stretch but roll with it)

This report from A. C. Nielson says that most USians watch almost 6 hours of television daily, on average. (34:39 per week).

Frankly, I find that statistic appalling. Not only is it a waste of time it is not healthy, mentally or physically.

Do you find that statistic appalling? Have you been able to quit? I mean REALLY quit where someone talks about a Pop TV show, you go...*blankstare*nope can't help you with that one.?

Do we have any TV clean brains out there like mine? I quit the one eye back in 2006. After the last episode of Six Feet Under, and Judging Amy (hands down best TV on at the time) was cancelled, I vowed to finally 100% kick the tube. When there is one on in a doctor's office or bar, I sit with my back to it, unless there is my fav sports team playing out of town.

Same goes for theatrical releases. I have seen 6 films in theaters over the past 10 years. To me it is just a waste of time. But Television is the true opiate of the masses.

Television creates consumer junkie/whores out of those who consume televised content, and has for generations. Do you see this in yourself?

In 2001, I was a Nielson family. For shits n giggles, I picked 2 random FM and AM radio shows and filled out the forms as if I listened to radio from 8AM to 8PM. DFW SMSA.

Both shows jumped from the middle of the pack to No 1 in their market (one was Howard Stern). Then, next cycle, they went back down. All that shift in ad value in a major market created by one diary?

I am not saying I am better than you because you are a ~~slave~~ viewer and I am not. What I am saying is that I have bettered myself as a result of rejecting all the things TVLand offers.